By CASEY NEILL
THE Great Debate: Is Family Violence a Crime? is designed to get people talking.
Organiser Linda Watson, based at support service WAYSS in Dandenong, said the free event at the Drum Theatre on 20 November aimed to bring family violence to the foreground.
“But in a format that was a little bit different to what was traditionally done,” she said.
“Sometimes when people hear the same thing they stop hearing it.”
At the Outer South Peninsula Integrated Family Violence Partnership event debaters will discuss what constitutes family violence and how the law and the community answers the question ‘is family violence a crime?’.
Debaters will include Magistrate Pauline Spencer, Southern Metropolitan Region Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius, Women with Disabilities Victoria CEO Keran Howe, inTouch Multicultural Centre CEO Maya Avidibegovic, Federation of Community Legal Centres senior policy advisor Dr Chris Atmore and Monash University law professor Adrian Evans.
Domestic Violence Victoria CEO Fiona McCormack will provide closing remarks.
The event will run from 1pm to 3pm, followed by a light afternoon tea.
Bookings are essential on 8571 1666.
