Ms JODIE HARRISON (Charlestown—Minister for Women, Minister for Seniors, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault)—This Friday night I will be joining survivors of abuse, safety advocates and supporters in marching to Reclaim the Night along the Warners Bay Foreshore. Reclaim the Night is a powerful demonstration by communities all across Australia that all of us have a right to feel safe, no matter where we are and who we are with. I take this opportunity to pay tribute to all those who work in this area and make such a difference in the lives of others, organisations like Nova for Women and Children, Survivor's R Us, Staying Home Leaving Violence and Community Activities Lake Macquarie, all who will be at Warners Bay on Friday. I'm proud to serve as the Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in the Minns Government, but the very fact that there is a need for such a portfolio shows with devastating clarity that we as a society have so much further to go in addressing this evil, and events such as Reclaim the Night are fundamentally important in progressing change.

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