Domestic violence: Quentin Bryce, Patron, OWN Australia Inc,  to head taskforce after horror week

 The Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, has appointed Dame Quentin Bryce as the chair of a special government council to fast-track domestic violence reform.

 The response of authorities to the first call for help by a woman threatened with violence is “absolutely critical” Dame Quentin Bryce has said, and will be the focus of her work helping Australia end its domestic violence “emergency”.

We have offered our support and help and concerns that the taskforce ensures it also looks to violence against older women - physical, mental and financial.

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