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 Review of Queensland's Anti-Discrimination Act

Queensland’s discrimination law is 30 years old. In May 2021, the Attorney-General asked the Queensland Human Rights Commission to undertake a review of the Anti-Discrimination Act. This review presents the valuable opportunity to make sure the law is keeping up to date with the changing needs of our society. The Commission has been asked to look at whether our anti-discrimination law protects and promotes equality and non-discrimination to the greatest extent possible.

In their submission, the One in Three Campaign identifies five different ways in which male victims of family violence are discriminated against in Queensland:

  1. Discrimination in service provision - not available to male victims or female perpetrators

  2. Discrimination in service provision - access allowed, but service provided is harmful or poor

  3. Discrimination in funding

  4. Discrimination within research

  5. Discrimination in public health campaigns.

Our proposed solution would be to establish a competent triage system based upon severity of violence, risk and need (not sex/gender), that would ensure the limited services available would go to those who need them the most. In order to do this, Section 104 of the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (“The Act”) would require amendments to remove the Example, “It is not unlawful to restrict special accommodation to women who have been victims of domestic violence.”

You can download 1IN3’s submission here.

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