NTPA Meeting Attendance and Sector Updates
In the NTPA meeting held on 26th May 2022, various guests and members were present, including key speakers discussing media guidelines for reporting domestic and sexual violence. Sector updates were given on initiatives related to prevention of violence, child safeguarding resources, justice reinvestment, and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people. The meeting highlighted advocacy efforts and development of new care models for youth detention in the Northern Territory.
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NTPA Meeting 26/5/22 -Attendance Guests Carmel Simpson Tangentyere Women s Family Safety Group Helen Fogarty NAPCAN Date 26 May 2022 Present Alan Cass Menzies School of Health Research Alex Bruce Hospitality NT Ally Kodet-Moran NAPCAN (tech support) Christine Smith Catholic Education Deborah Di Natale NTCOSS Diane Cox - ECA Donald Boyanton Sport Integrity NT Felix Fogarty NAPCAN (tech support) Jeanette Kerr Territory Families, Housing and Communities Megan Michell (Presenter) Meron Looney NTPA Secretariat (NAPCAN) Michael White PFES Nicole Hucks Office of the Children s Commissioner NT Richard Matejic NT JACET (AFP) Gill Yearsley PHN NT Susan Wellfair Playgroup NT Tom Dyer NIAA Tracy Adams Yourtown (Acting Chair) Time 9.00am-1.00pm Apologies Dave Pugh Anglicare Gail Barker AISNT Greg Ireland Chamber of Commerce Leesa Waters NAPCAN Michael Meegan Relationships Australia NT Peter McMillan NT Shelter Priscilla Atkins NAAJA Sam Jeffries NIAA Sean Holden LGANT Tracey Johnson Early Childhood Australia = William Daw Australian Red Cross Venue Mataranka Room Oaks Elan Hotel 31 Woods Street Darwin (and online)
Thankyou to all members for your participation in the NTPA meeting, 26 May 2022. Thank you to our speakers: Carmel Simpson -Women s Family Safety Group, Tangentyere Council Media Changing the Story: Media guidelines for the reporting of domestic, family and sexual violence in the Northern Territory Helen Fogarty -NAPCAN Media guide for the Northern Territory - Treating every child and young person fairly Megan Mitchell -University of Western Sydney Maranguka Justice Reinvestment initiative, Bourke NSW
SECTOR UPDATES Territory Families, Housing and Communities (TFHC) NT Govt: has appointed the first Minister for the Prevention of Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV) is establishing a DFSV Inter- Agency Coordination and Reform Office (DFSV-ICRO) to bring together representatives from NT Departments of Health, Education, Police and TFHC, and Attorney General and Justice, to work together on DFSV. NTCOSS Sport Integrity NT Sport Integrity Australia have released a National Integrity Framework, that includes Child Safeguarding Resources are available to everyone and include: Child Safeguarding Policy Resources for children and young adults Child Safe Practices Dos and Don'ts An online induction: Child Safeguarding in Sport Yourtown The NT Aboriginal Justice Agreement now includes young people NTCOSS is working with The Shape Agency to change the narrative about young people Messages that can shift people s views about young people are being tested in the NT NTCOSS to share findings later in the year Soon to be released: a national report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people. A key finding: there has been more than a 100% increase in emergency interventions related to child sexual abuse and suicide that required police/ambulance responses (more than 5,000 calls). Need to advocate: for support regarding long term impacts of the pandemic for children, young people and families. TFHC has developed a new Youth Detention Model of Care
KEY POINTS AND DISCUSSION (CARMEL) KEY POINTS AND DISCUSSION (CARMEL) Media Changing the Story: Media guidelines for the reporting of domestic, family and sexual violence in the Northern Territory ISSUES ISSUES Aboriginal women s stories are not heard, valued or reported on as much as other stories, including those of non-Indigenous women People can be easily identified in the NT, so need to focus on the safety of victim-survivors Police concerns -the response from media and the community is often reduced when domestic is put in front of serious harm or homicide Impacts of social media rhetoric THE GUIDELINES THE GUIDELINESAIM TO SUPPORT MEDIA TO: report safely (considering physical, legal cultural safety) humanise victims and survivors(centring the voices of relatives and community members) use culturally sensitive reporting practices (considering respect, relationships and obligations)
KEY POINTS AND DISCUSSION (HELEN) KEY POINTS AND DISCUSSION (HELEN) Media guide for the Northern Territory -Treating every child and young person fairly How children are portrayed in the media affects how society values children -and vica versa. And both affect how they are treated Members supported the guidelines in principle and agreed that, once completed, they could be released under the NTPA brand, including member logos.
KEY POINTS AND DISCUSSION (FROM WORKSHOPS) KEY POINTS AND DISCUSSION (FROM WORKSHOPS) Reviewing draft NT message guides: Juvenile Justice, Adolescents, Child Abuse and Neglect, Foster Care IT WAS AGREED THAT: IT WAS AGREED THAT: Language needed can depend on the context and audience, eg: The new guides can help create common language within an organisation (change internal dialogue) - children (when wanting to get across a protective message) - young people (empowerment and agency) - young men, young women (Aboriginal communities) and highlight the role of collaboration within and between organisations (ecosystem approach) - justice vs juvenile justice -appropriate data and metaphors. We need to use contemporary language (Office of the Children s Commissioner to test the guides with young people) We need a bigger group of comms people to progress this initiative
KEY POINTS AND DISCUSSION (MEGAN) KEY POINTS AND DISCUSSION (MEGAN) Maranguka Justice Reinvestment initiative, Bourke NSW TO ACHIEVE REAL CHANGE, TO ACHIEVE REAL CHANGE, INITIATIVES LIKE THIS NEED: THE INITIATIVE: THE INITIATIVE: is a partnership between Maranguka Tribal Council and government and non-government agencies a shift in investment from prison and criminal justice systems into early intervention, crime prevention and diversion focuses on: - - - to be a long haul commitment to create generational change (10-20 years) long-term commitment to data early childhood and parenting 8-18 year olds the men of Bourke (strengthen cultural knowledge and connections, mental health and wellbeing, literacy, pride, healing, parenting, roles in community, feelings of value and respect) buy-in from all areas -e.g. police, local council (e.g.run buses, fix lights) a focus on developing and maintaining relationships
IMPORTANT WEEKS AND DAYS IMPORTANT WEEKS AND DAYS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children s Day National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children s Day 4 August National Child Protection Week National Child Protection Week Every child in every community needs a fair go 4-10 September Children s Week Children s Week All children have the right to a standard of living that supports their wellbeing and healthy development 22-30 October These will all provide opportunities to think about how we frame our language and communications.
Action Items Who 1. MEMBERS Action 1. Organisations to share logos, contacts for support services, agency contacts for good news stories, NT media contacts who may wish to be involved in a review process (and champion the development and use of the guidelines) 2. Review draft guidelines, including: in partnership with NT media; through a cultural lens (e.g. using resources from Media Diversity Aus and Passing the Message Stick); and gaining final endorsement from NTPA Media guide for the Northern Territory: Treating every child and young person fairly Media guide for the Northern Territory: Treating every child and young person fairly 2. NAPCAN 3. MEMBERS 4. MEMBERS 5. TFHC and NAPCAN 6. NAPCAN Development of messaging guides Development of messaging guides 3. Share draft guides with communications teams and provide feedback to NAPCAN 4. Provide contact details of communications teams to NAPCAN 5. Run messaging/framing workshop with NTG communications teams 6. Secretariat to circulate: - The Shape Agency survey findings on the narrative about young people (from Deborah, NTCOSS, once completed) - Sport Integrity Australia s draft National Integrity Framework (via Don, Sport Integrity NT, once completed) - Link to Sport Integrity child safeguarding resources - Territory Families, Housing and Communities new Youth Detention Model of Care (via Jeanette TFHC) - ABC Behind the News survey Kids Contribute - Media Changing the Story: Media guidelines for the reporting of domestic, family and sexual violence in the Northern Territory - Draft messaging guides - Life s Lottery podcasts - Maranguka Justice Reinvestment initiative, Bourke (Megan s powerpoint, on request) Sharing information Sharing information
See you at our next NTPA meeting! Thursday 29 September 2022, 9am -1pm North Australia Conference Room, Development House, 76 The Esplanade, Darwin
