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Our ref: LG2024/AS


12 April 2024

Cr Frank Wilkie
Mayor
Noosa Shire Council

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Dear Mayor Wilkie

Congratulations on your election as Mayor of Noosa Shire Council. The Domestic and Family Violence Prevention
Council values our relationship with Noosa Shire Council and we hope that this will continue under your
leadership.

As you are no doubt aware, domestic and family violence continues to be an alarming social issue affecting all
communities in Queensland.

If we are to create generational and cultural change, we need to change the collective mindset that it happens
somewhere else to someone else.

In reality, domestic violence occurs in all neighbourhoods and anyone can be a victim, regardless of race, age,
ethnicity, economic status or sexual orientation.

The people experiencing and perpetrating this harm include those who live in your local government area and
given the extent of domestic and family violence it is also likely that some are employees of your Council.

In 2022, following a presentation by members of our Prevention Council, Daryl Mahon, Kylie Finigan and former
Mayor Claire Stewart nominated to represent Noosa Shire Council as members of our Local Government
Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Champions Network (the Champions Network).

The Champions Network was formed by the Prevention Council and the Local Government Association of
Queensland to support local government authorities leading a place-based response to domestic and family
violence in the workplace and across communities, and to promote the sharing of practice, learnings, resources
and tools.

This highly effective form of primary prevention, which relies on shared understanding and consistent
messaging, is essential to bringing about the grass-roots shift in attitudes and behaviour required to achieve
cultural change to prevent domestic and family violence.

Our goal is to assist your Champions Network representatives (Champions) in identifying appropriate actions
(suited to your Council’s needs and resources) and to provide tools and support to help guide you to achieve
those goals.




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