One in Three Campaign
One in three victims of family violence are male

Public presentations

Public presentations by the One in Three Campaign

This page contains a selection of recent public presentations by the One in Three Campaign – submissions to government inquiries and royal commissions, media releases, conference presentations, podcasts and website articles.

 

1IN3's submission to the Independent Commission of Inquiry into Queensland Police Service responses to domestic and family violence

On 10 May 2022, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced an independent Commission of Inquiry into Queensland Police Service responses to domestic and family violence as recommended by the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce report, ‘Hear her voice’.

Also on 10 May 2022, the Government provided it’s response to the report including supporting recommendation 2, to establish a Commission of Inquiry to ensure full public confidence in the ability of our police to protect victims and to hold perpetrators to account. Read the response to the recommendations.

The independent Commission of Inquiry will examine Queensland policing responses to domestic and family violence.

The One in Three Campaign has lodged our submission to the Inquiry, which can be downloaded from here.

There are three case studies provided in the submission which provide evidence that,

  • There appear to be cultural issues within the QPS where general duties staff lack a trauma-informed approach to male victims of DFV and can be unhelpful, insensitive, dismissive, and discriminate on the basis of the victim’s sex.

  • There appear to be serious issues of conflict-of-interest and/or corruption when members of the QPS are accused of DFV offences and appear to be shielded from investigation and/or prosecution because they are members of the QPS.

Our recommendations follow that,

  1. QPS members be provided with training about the nature of DFV (that it can happen to anyone, whether male or female, young or old, gay or straight, rich or poor, wherever they live); that any member of the public who presents as a victim of DFV be treated with the sensitivity and respect they deserve; and that QPS members are not to discriminate against victims of DFV on the basis of sex (or any other characteristic)

  2. The inquiry devise a clear and transparent independent mechanism whereby members of the QPS who are alleged to have perpetrated DFV can have complaints lodged against them which are investigated fairly and promptly, with appropriate penalties to be issued against any QPS member who is found guilty of committing such an offence.

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