Mackay researcher to chair Minister's domestic violence advisory group
Published on 19 August, 2010
CQUniversity researcher Heather Nancarrow has a new role as Chair of a newly-established Domestic and Family Violence Strategy Implementation Advisory Group...
Minister for Community Services and Housing and Minister for Women, Karen Struthers announced Ms Nancarrow's appointment to the role during a visit to CQUniversity Mackay recently (Aug 13).
Ms Nancarrow is Director of the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (CDFVR), based at Mackay Campus.
CDFVR receives funding from the Department of Communities to undertake research, professional development and educational activities pertaining to domestic and family violence in Queensland.
The Minister was accompanied by Dianne Knight, Regional Director for the Department of Communities, and several Department of Communities' staff. Ms Jude Marshall, Manager of the Mackay-based Regional Domestic Violence Service, also attended the meeting.
In her new role as Chair of the Minister's advisory group, Ms Nancarrow will lead a team of six people from across the State to assist with the current review of Queensland's Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 1989, and to advise on the implementation of the Queensland Government's four-year strategic plan to reduce domestic and family violence.
It is expected the first meeting of the Advisory Group will be held in Brisbane in early September.
Minister Struthers congratulated the CDFVR staff on their work and expressed her gratitude for the range and quality of research, expert advice, professional development and educational resources produced by the five-member CDFVR team.