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questions at the end. Thanks.
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Thank you, Minister, so much for your
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We know that technology can be used as
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both a tool and a weapon. We want it to
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be a lifeline for women. Um, but
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throughout the course of ES safety's 10
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years, we've been consistently training
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frontline workers because we know that
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technology facilitated coercive control
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is almost ubiquitous in family, domestic
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and sexual violence situations.
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So, uh, with the generosity of DSS, um,
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we have stood up the world's first
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national technology facilitated abuse
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service. We've had 20,000 frontline
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workers um utilize our self-help hub
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where we have technology audits and
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updates uh beyond the cat feeders and
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the refrigerators. A perpetrator can use
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a line bike. Um and today we're talking
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about smart cars because they are
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essentially computers on wheels today
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and we don't want them to become weapons
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90% of all cars sold in Australia will
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have um telematic systems. They already
1:20
have GPS. You can remotely control or
1:24
lock or start the car. You can prevent
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um an EV, for instance, from being
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charged. And these are the types of
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things we're hearing from domestic
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frontline workers are happening to
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Australian women today. So, we're here.
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We've worked with about 400 domestic
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frontline workers for really complex
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Why uh uh you know, a woman or her
1:48
children are being gaslit, cannot figure
1:50
out why her exartner knows where she is.
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And we've pretty much seen everything
1:54
under the sun, including children used
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as pawns um in the surveillance of their
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own custodial parent. And this can
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happen through the gifting of iPads or
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iPhones with spyw wear on them, a new
2:08
gaming system with a camera that shows
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um who who the mother might have as a
2:14
guest in her home. So again, we want
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technology to be a tool and a lifeline,
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not as a ve vector of abuse. And so we
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continue to um provide service to the
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broader public. And today we put out an
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online safety advisory specifically
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around um smart cars. Um we've done a
2:36
number of these around coercive control
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and changing attitudes of young men
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around um romantic relationships where
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they think that um they should be able
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to um have the passwords of their
2:52
partners. they should be able to expect
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immediate responses to phone calls and
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texts and um we need to change these
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attitudes and make sure that we're
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keeping people safe with the technology
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that we use every day. Thank you.
