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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We've spoken before on the show well over the last
few months about the Stand. Now it is part of
the campaign, the No More campaign, which was launched a
long time ago by Charlie King. But then we've seen
the STAND launched just a few months ago and the
aim was to get ninety domestic and family violence action
plans honoring the more than ninety women who've lost their
(00:21):
lives to domestic and family violence in the Northern Territory
since two thousand.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Now joining us on the show is.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Norell Gostre, Catholic Care NTS Violence Prevention Manager.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Good morning to you, NoREL.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Morning Katie. How are you on fine Friday?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Oh? I love a Friday, NoREL. It's always nice to
know you got the.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Weekend ahead of you, isn't it?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Absolutely?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Now, Therell's some good news I know that you guys.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Obviously, you and I have spoken on a few occasions
about the Stand. You launched it a few months ago
and it really called on workplaces, sporting clubs, community groups,
businesses to take practical steps to end violence. Now, tell
me how have things gone over the last ninety days.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
It's been amazing, Katie. Obviously, when we set our target
of ninety domestic violence action plans. We were thinking it
was really aspirational and hoping that we were going to
get to that figure. And the exciting thing is that
Tuesday was day ninety and still a few trickling through,
but we've hit one hundred and five, so absolutely smashed
(01:31):
our target.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
That is awesome.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
I'm so pleased to hear that one hundred and five.
So their businesses, their government departments, the different NGOs, non
government organizations, are you able to tell us about any
of them?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah? Absolutely, So You're right, there's we've reached out into
much more diverse organizations. Historically No More has really focused
on sporting sporting organizations, but you know it's hard to
pin out or call out one or two organizations. But
I think we've had a great relationship with n R
(02:07):
L and T over a long time, and you chattered
to Tony Crowe and through that connection, Tony's been a
big supporter. He brought Dad's Got into the fold and
Dad's Go have done their domestic Violon's action plan. We
had a morning tea with them last week. We shared
it with the staff and they've developed stickers and posters
(02:29):
for their for the around the office, their training staff
in how to recognize and respond to DV. So there
they're one of our really exciting stories. There's been a lot. Yeah,
it's really really good and we're being really happy that
a lot of businesses have come on board. It is
(02:49):
the first time we've sort of gone into that space.
So they're one. Ozzie Pooch is another. We've had two
or three. We've had Mad about Coffee and Trader and
Alli have been putting stickers on their coffee cups. Yeah,
and they're still coming through. Traffic Works has done a
fantastic one and they're all available to have a look
(03:12):
at on our website, which is the stand dot org
dot au. So nearly all of the organizations have given
us permission to share them publicly, so anybody can go
on and have a look at them.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Norell, what I love is as you're reading those business
lanes out like a lot of those businesses we work
with here at MIX, A lot of them I know
as well. Have you know wonderful wonderful men and women
that work for their organizations, but wonderful blokes that work
for those businesses, And I just think it's fantastic to
see them sort of standing up and going, hey, we
want to be part of this, and you know, for
(03:45):
all like for all of those businesses.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Yeah, absolutely. And the thing what's really exciting, so not
just one hundred and five devaps that have come in,
but within those, there's over I'm still counting there's over
six hundred in individual actions of things that organizations are
planning to do. And I'm already hearing stories of completed actions.
So nap caan who are an organization who does support
(04:13):
for child abuse and neglect. They've included recognizing domestic and
family violence survivors in their acknowledgment of country and or
not in there with their commencement of meetings, and they're
doing things like that. So ari I n T is
another one. I'm just trying to think of who I
(04:33):
should be able to give a shout out to. But
it's amazing, And this is not the end. It's the
end of this particular part, but it's the start of
all these actions that are going to be coming to
fruition over the next twelve months or so.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
And no rel I mean, you know, obviously I think
of these very often in the sense that you know,
it's great for them to have those action plans in
place in terms of, you know, demonstrating that they're taking
stand against domestic violence.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
But I would imagine it's also really.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Important for those businesses that you know, if they've got
victims of domestic violence as well that work with them,
that you know that they understand that they're supported as well.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Absolutely, and that's one of the ones that we've been
encouraging a lot of organizations and have taken up is
being able to know that their staff can recognize and
respond and refer when people are impacted by violence, but
also that their staff know that they can access domestic
family violence leave, so a that they know that they
(05:35):
can access it, be they know how to access it,
and see they feel comfortable in their safe and supportive
workplace to say hey, I need to take this leave
m now.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
I mean, what do you think this demonstrates as well
to the broader community, the fact that you've had so
far and it sounds like you might have more one
hundred and five already sign on, you know, to take
the stand. What do you think it's a small broadly
about our community. Oh.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
I think firstly, it says that people want to make
a difference. And I think secondly, it's actually it's giving
people the opportunity to work out what they can do
individually and as an organization, because we've found even though
in the past people are like, yeah, we don't think
this is a good thing. People were unsure about what
(06:22):
they could do and the resources and everything that we've provided,
and people have been they've either used some of the
ones that we've suggested, or as I was saying before,
some of them have come up with their own that
are just you know, we would never have thought of.
And that's community led power. That means, yeah, we've engaged
and they're empowered and they're going out and doing it
(06:43):
for themselves.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
All good stuff.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Well, Norelle, it's been great to speak to you, and
I'm so pleased to hear that the community has come
on board in the way that I know we'd hoped,
you know, from that first time that you and I
spoke about the stand. So I think it's a really
great thing to.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Say thank you. And can I just throw in if
somebody hasn't so two things. If somebody hasn't done a
domestic valence action plan already and they're interested, we are
still going. We will accept them all year round and
we can provide support. You can go on to the
stand dot org dot au and if you're not part
of an organization or your organization hasn't done one. We
(07:20):
are having our annual march at Casurina on the Friday,
the fifth of December, which marks the end of the
sixteen Days of Activism against Gendered Violence. So we would
welcome anybody to come at activation. We would like people
to register if they can. Obviously it's free, but just
(07:41):
so that we get an understanding of numbers, so people
can jump on our website and register for that as well,
and we'd love to see as many people there, recognizing
and appreciating those that have done domestic vance action plans
as well.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Yeah, good stuff, well morel Goestra, lovely to speak to
you this morning.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Thank you so much for your time.
We've spoken before on the show well over the last
few months about the Stand. Now it is part of
the campaign, the No More campaign, which was launched a
long time ago by Charlie King. But then we've seen
the STAND launched just a few months ago and the
aim was to get ninety domestic and family violence action
plans honoring the more than ninety women who've lost their
(00:21):
lives to domestic and family violence in the Northern Territory
since two thousand.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Now joining us on the show is.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Norell Gostre, Catholic Care NTS Violence Prevention Manager.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Good morning to you, NoREL.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Morning Katie. How are you on fine Friday?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Oh? I love a Friday, NoREL. It's always nice to
know you got the.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Weekend ahead of you, isn't it?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Absolutely?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Now, Therell's some good news I know that you guys.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Obviously, you and I have spoken on a few occasions
about the Stand. You launched it a few months ago
and it really called on workplaces, sporting clubs, community groups,
businesses to take practical steps to end violence. Now, tell
me how have things gone over the last ninety days.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
It's been amazing, Katie. Obviously, when we set our target
of ninety domestic violence action plans. We were thinking it
was really aspirational and hoping that we were going to
get to that figure. And the exciting thing is that
Tuesday was day ninety and still a few trickling through,
but we've hit one hundred and five, so absolutely smashed
(01:31):
our target.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
That is awesome.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
I'm so pleased to hear that one hundred and five.
So their businesses, their government departments, the different NGOs, non
government organizations, are you able to tell us about any
of them?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah? Absolutely, So You're right, there's we've reached out into
much more diverse organizations. Historically No More has really focused
on sporting sporting organizations, but you know it's hard to
pin out or call out one or two organizations. But
I think we've had a great relationship with n R
(02:07):
L and T over a long time, and you chattered
to Tony Crowe and through that connection, Tony's been a
big supporter. He brought Dad's Got into the fold and
Dad's Go have done their domestic Violon's action plan. We
had a morning tea with them last week. We shared
it with the staff and they've developed stickers and posters
(02:29):
for their for the around the office, their training staff
in how to recognize and respond to DV. So there
they're one of our really exciting stories. There's been a lot. Yeah,
it's really really good and we're being really happy that
a lot of businesses have come on board. It is
(02:49):
the first time we've sort of gone into that space.
So they're one. Ozzie Pooch is another. We've had two
or three. We've had Mad about Coffee and Trader and
Alli have been putting stickers on their coffee cups. Yeah,
and they're still coming through. Traffic Works has done a
fantastic one and they're all available to have a look
(03:12):
at on our website, which is the stand dot org
dot au. So nearly all of the organizations have given
us permission to share them publicly, so anybody can go
on and have a look at them.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Norell, what I love is as you're reading those business
lanes out like a lot of those businesses we work
with here at MIX, A lot of them I know
as well. Have you know wonderful wonderful men and women
that work for their organizations, but wonderful blokes that work
for those businesses, And I just think it's fantastic to
see them sort of standing up and going, hey, we
want to be part of this, and you know, for
(03:45):
all like for all of those businesses.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Yeah, absolutely. And the thing what's really exciting, so not
just one hundred and five devaps that have come in,
but within those, there's over I'm still counting there's over
six hundred in individual actions of things that organizations are
planning to do. And I'm already hearing stories of completed actions.
So nap caan who are an organization who does support
(04:13):
for child abuse and neglect. They've included recognizing domestic and
family violence survivors in their acknowledgment of country and or
not in there with their commencement of meetings, and they're
doing things like that. So ari I n T is
another one. I'm just trying to think of who I
(04:33):
should be able to give a shout out to. But
it's amazing, And this is not the end. It's the
end of this particular part, but it's the start of
all these actions that are going to be coming to
fruition over the next twelve months or so.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
And no rel I mean, you know, obviously I think
of these very often in the sense that you know,
it's great for them to have those action plans in
place in terms of, you know, demonstrating that they're taking
stand against domestic violence.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
But I would imagine it's also really.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Important for those businesses that you know, if they've got
victims of domestic violence as well that work with them,
that you know that they understand that they're supported as well.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Absolutely, and that's one of the ones that we've been
encouraging a lot of organizations and have taken up is
being able to know that their staff can recognize and
respond and refer when people are impacted by violence, but
also that their staff know that they can access domestic
family violence leave, so a that they know that they
(05:35):
can access it, be they know how to access it,
and see they feel comfortable in their safe and supportive
workplace to say hey, I need to take this leave
m now.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
I mean, what do you think this demonstrates as well
to the broader community, the fact that you've had so
far and it sounds like you might have more one
hundred and five already sign on, you know, to take
the stand. What do you think it's a small broadly
about our community. Oh.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
I think firstly, it says that people want to make
a difference. And I think secondly, it's actually it's giving
people the opportunity to work out what they can do
individually and as an organization, because we've found even though
in the past people are like, yeah, we don't think
this is a good thing. People were unsure about what
(06:22):
they could do and the resources and everything that we've provided,
and people have been they've either used some of the
ones that we've suggested, or as I was saying before,
some of them have come up with their own that
are just you know, we would never have thought of.
And that's community led power. That means, yeah, we've engaged
and they're empowered and they're going out and doing it
(06:43):
for themselves.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
All good stuff.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Well, Norelle, it's been great to speak to you, and
I'm so pleased to hear that the community has come
on board in the way that I know we'd hoped,
you know, from that first time that you and I
spoke about the stand. So I think it's a really
great thing to.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Say thank you. And can I just throw in if
somebody hasn't so two things. If somebody hasn't done a
domestic valence action plan already and they're interested, we are
still going. We will accept them all year round and
we can provide support. You can go on to the
stand dot org dot au and if you're not part
of an organization or your organization hasn't done one. We
(07:20):
are having our annual march at Casurina on the Friday,
the fifth of December, which marks the end of the
sixteen Days of Activism against Gendered Violence. So we would
welcome anybody to come at activation. We would like people
to register if they can. Obviously it's free, but just
(07:41):
so that we get an understanding of numbers, so people
can jump on our website and register for that as well,
and we'd love to see as many people there, recognizing
and appreciating those that have done domestic vance action plans
as well.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Yeah, good stuff, well morel Goestra, lovely to speak to
you this morning.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Thank you so much for your time.
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