Public Forum on Domestic Violence and Coercive Behaviour

Mayor Johnson, along with Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan spoke at the domestic violence public forum held at the Moree Masonic Centre today.

With keynote speakers addressing the well-attended forum that centred around domestic violence and coercive behaviour. Nicole Youngberry from Centacare shared the programs Centacare implement and provides, along with hearing from a domestic violence survivor.

This forum was held by the Moree branch of the Country Women’s Association, with attendance from other prominent agencies within Moree.

So that no call for help goes unheard.

In 2021, Moree Plains Shire Council proudly teamed up with DV Safe Phone to deliver useable working phones to be re-purposed to assist victims of domestic violence. We have sent approximately 200 phones and tablets to this worthy cause to date.

We all have unused and unwanted phones laying around and charger cables. If you are thinking of upgrading your phone, we urge you to donate your old phone(s) and charger(s). Supporting a victim of domestic violence with a safe phone will ensure they can call for help when it matters most.

Having a second phone hidden away is an important part of a victim's safety and exit plan. It also provides security with the ability to call for help in an emergency.

The DV Safe campaign is aimed at collecting working phones, testing the phones for functionality, ensuring that all user data has been erased, and redistributing working mobile phones to victims of domestic violence, through registered domestic violence and law enforcement agencies, safe houses, crisis centres, and volunteers Australia-wide.

If you don’t have a phone to donate, you can still help support a victim in need by making a tax-deductible monetary donation at www.dvsafephone.org/donate. As a charitable organisation registered with Deductible Gift Recipient Status, all donations over $2AUD are tax-deductible in Australia.

Any phones delivered to the DV Safe phone campaign that cannot be used or repurposed by DV Safe Phone are then sent on to Mobile Muster. The donation of phones to these programs help to continue the recycling process by reusing phone parts allowing for a sustainable, circular system that benefits everyone on the planet.

Recycle your old unwanted phone(s) and charger(s) by dropping them off at Council!

Council’s Customer Service, level 2, 30 Heber Street, the Moree Waste Management Facility at 57 Evergreen Road, Moree or Regional Australia Bank.

Photo - (L-R) Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan, Cr Mekayla Cochrane, Moree CWA president Joy Holmes and Mayor Mark Johnson.