Australia’s Northern Territory Government Pledges $7.5 Million for New Domestic Violence Crisis Facility

A mother and her child pose in a room in a temporary apartment of the Home association in Paris on November 22, 2016. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty Images

The Northern Territory (NT) government will spend $7.5 million (US$5.4 million) over five years on a new accommodation centre in Palmerston, about 20km from Darwin, which will provide critical support to women and children fleeing domestic violence.

In a media release on Thursday, Minister for Families and Urban Housing Kate Worden said the government funding would ensure the facility can provide 24-hour support to up to 49 women and children at any one time.