Major national campaigns have been launched to end the cycle of domestic violence, which sees two Australian women killed each week and tens of thousands hurt.
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The campaigns will: tackle social attitudes and behaviours that lead to domestic violence; boost awareness of the problem; educate young people, who can provide the momentum to break the cycle; and educate communities, which can help make a difference.
Domestic violence is a massive problem in the Orana region. Eight of its local government areas are in the 14 worst spots for the crime in NSW.
There were 1210 recorded domestic violence related assaults in Orana in the 12 months to June 2015, according to figures released by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Many incidents are never reported to police or other authorities.
Our Watch, a national organisation committed to ending violence against women and children, is today launching a campaign, the Indelible Mark, after a survey revealed many young people held "disturbing" gender attitudes that support violence against women.
The Daily Liberal and other Fairfax newspapers throughout Australia today launched the End the Cycle campaign. They have teamed with Our Watch to emphasise the importance of working across boundaries and borders to create awareness of the domestic violence problem.
Western NSW would need more resources if the state government hoped to tackle high domestic violence rates, according to Western Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Services (WWDVCAS) chairwoman Tina Reynolds.
Ms Reynolds, a Dubbo City councillor, said "I would like to see more resources out here.
"We've got court support. I'd like to see the court support services have a counsellor in that service [so that] when the women are going to court to get an AVO, if they need to talk to someone they can get the support."There are also areas like Coonamble and Walgett ? they don't have a court support service in those areas so it really needs to be thought out. You really need money spent on the frontline so we can get in there and help."
Dubbo anti-domestic violence campaigner Kevin Saul has said educating young people on domestic violence was a key to reducing the crime.
From next year, the mandatory NSW year 7 to 10 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) syllabus will be updated to explicitly include domestic violence prevention.
But, Mr Saul said earlier this month teaching respectful relationships should start younger.
"When do you learn to read and write and count? You start that in kindergarten so it needs to start in kindergarten because it is just as important as reading, writing and counting," he said.
Ms Reynolds said there needed to be more information and services out there for families.
"I don't think you're ever too young to learn about respectful relationships," she said.
"If they taught respectful relationships from a young age that will benefit the child but it shouldn't be just up to the school, there should be programs out there for families.
"What children see their parents doing, they will do that. I truly think we need to concentrate on more programs, teaching respectful relationships to families and I honestly believe we need more facilities here, and we need more counselling here."
She welcomed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's announcement last week of a $100 million Women's Safety package and called for some of the money to filter out west.
"Out in regional NSW, we do need resources so I think it's wonderful that the prime minister has announced that we will be getting extra funding," Ms Reynolds said.
"I just hope that regional NSW gets looked after when this funding is distributed, because it is really needed out here.
"All women and children in Australia should have the right to feel safe in their own homes and on the streets. Just because they live out west, they should still be able to get help when the help is needed."