Member for Maitland

Shadow Minister for Primary Industries

Investment and Tourism

Medical Research

Jenny Aitchison MP

Latest News

Oct 22, 2018

NSW LABOR TO INTRODUCE PAID DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEAVE BILL TO PARLIAMENT

Labor leader Luke Foley will introduce a Bill to NSW Parliament this week, which will make every employee eligible for paid domestic violence leave each year. Labor’s Domestic Violence- Paid Leave policy will give every employee in both the public and private sectors the ability to take 10 days (non-accumulative) paid domestic leave each year. Mr Foley was today joined by Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations Adam Searle and Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic V

Sep 23, 2018

YET ANOTHER BEREJIKLIAN BACKFLIP- THIS TIME IT IS KEY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES

The NSW Labor Opposition has called for an investigation into the aborted tender process for the Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (WDVCAS) as the Berejiklian Government embarks on yet another backflip on one of its signature policies. This week, Legal Aid advised that the tender process to appoint WDVCAS service providers for the period 1 November 2018 – 30 June 2020 had been discontinued in line with clause 24.1 of Part B – Conditions of Tendering in the tend

Aug 28, 2018

GOVERNMENT MUST COME CLEAN ON CHANGES TO WDVCAS

Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Jenny Aitchison has challenged the Berejiklian Government to come clean on planned changes being made to the Women’s Domestic Court Advocacy Service (WDVCAS). WDVCAS is the key organisation in delivering the government’s signature Safer Pathway Program for helping survivors to escape Domestic Violence. This week, the NSW Government quietly released a request for tender for non-government, not-for-profi

Jul 10, 2018

NSW GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO TAKE THE LEAD ON WORKPLACE HARASSMENT

Jenny Aitchison is calling on the NSW Government to encourage its agencies and staff to participate in the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces. Kate Jenkins, Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner recently announced a national inquiry into sexual harassment in Australian workplaces and submissions for the National Inquiry opened yesterday. The inquiry will follow on from the emergence of the #MeToo movement that has shone the light on sexual

Jul 6, 2018

SEXUAL ASSAULT STRATEGY THREE YEARS LATE

After a three year delay, the Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Pru Goward has finally released the Berejiklian Government’s long overdue NSW Sexual Assault Strategy. Today’s announcement only comes after the Government missed all of its own deadlines by failing to prioritise the release of the NSW Sexual Assault Strategy. Only now after a major push by universities about sexual assault on campus, continued pressure from the Labor Opposition

Jun 24, 2018

PREMIER FAILS TO MEET DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PRIORITY IN BUDGET

With a reduction in recidivism one of the so-called “Premier’s Priorities”, the Berejiklian-Barilaro Government has again failed domestic violence victims and survivors in its eighth and final budget before the 2019 election. Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault and Shadow Minister for Women, Jenny Aitchison says this is further evidence of a Government that has wrong priorities and has set domestic violence service providers up to fail d

Consideration in Detail Safe Access to Reproductive Health Clinics

AITCHISON DEMANDS THE BEREJIKLIAN GOV’T RELEASE ITS SEXUAL ASSAULT STRATEGY FOLLOWING SPIKE IN OFFEN

Jun 6, 2018

AITCHISON DEMANDS THE BEREJIKLIAN GOV’T RELEASE ITS SEXUAL ASSAULT STRATEGY FOLLOWING SPIKE IN OFFEN

Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Jenny Aitchison is demanding the Berejiklian Government release its Sexual Assault Strategy, following the dramatic increase in offences in NSW over the past two years. Data released today by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research show a 7.2 percent increase in sexual assault offences while there has also been a 6.3 percent rise in indecent assaults and other sexual offences. Minister for the

MOTION - Domestic and Family Violence Month

May 2, 2018

BEREJIKLIAN GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO SCRAP THE GST ON FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS

The Berejiklian Government this afternoon refused to support Labor’s policy to scrap the GST on tampons and other feminine hygiene products. Acting NSW Shadow Minister for Women Jenny Aitchison said such a move would make a big difference to women in their everyday lives. NSW Minister for Women Tanya Davies refused to support Labor’s policy and accused the Labor Party of confected sensitivity on the issue. It is estimated that women spend around $10,000 on such prod

QUESTION TIME - GST Policy on Sanitary Products

BEREJIKLIAN GOVERNMENT HAS ITS HEAD IN THE SAND ON SEXUAL ASSAULT FIGURES

Mar 16, 2018

BEREJIKLIAN GOVERNMENT HAS ITS HEAD IN THE SAND ON SEXUAL ASSAULT FIGURES

NSW Labor says the conduct of the Police Minister in NSW Parliament is a clear indication of its attitude towards the prevention of sexual and indecent assault, after he tried to claim the number had stabilised across the state. Minister Grant attempted to claim the number had ‘spiked’, while the latest data from the Bureau of Crime Statistics (BOCSAR) shows it has steadily increased over the past five years. This includes: Sexual assault Inner South West (up 37.8%) Baulkham

QUESTION TIME - Sexual Assault Strategy

Mar 8, 2018

GOVERNMENT EMBARRASSED OVER CLAIMS OF A “WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT” RESPONSE TO PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIO

The Berejiklian Government has been embarrassed over its failed “whole-of-government” approach to the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault, when the Minister for Women was unable to answer Labor’s question about why the Government had failed to deliver its sexual assault strategy (which is overdue by two years) and whether or not it would ever be released. It comes after the Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Pru Goward, consist

Mar 8, 2018

LABOR URGES NSW GOVERNMENT TO #PRESSFORPROGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

The NSW Opposition has called on the Berejiklian-Barilaro Government to #PressForProgess on women’s issues, this International Women’s Day. The Government is currently running up to two years behind on legislation, strategies and policies to achieve gender equity across a number of portfolios. There are a number of key failures of the Berejiklian Government in developing a comprehensive strategy to improve gender parity: Implementing a NSW Sexual Assault Strategy which was

Feb 28, 2018

ONE IN SIX AUSTRALIAN WOMEN SUFFER PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL ABUSE BUT NSW PREVENTION STRATEGY STILL LONG O

New data has revealed the widespread extent of physical and sexual violence in Australia, as the Berejiklian Government continues to delay a long promised strategy to prevent sexual assault in NSW. Today, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released a report which revealed that one in six women have either been sexually or physical abused by a current or former partner. These concerning new statistics reveal how much more there is to be done by all levels of Govern

Feb 21, 2018

NSW LABOR COMMITMENT TO ‘IT’S TIME FOR ACTION’ CAMPAIGN

As students head into O-Week or return to university this month, NSW Labor is reinforcing its commitment to ending sexual assault and harassment on campus. After speaking with dozens of young students who are demanding change from their universities, Labor MPs stood in solidarity with student activists and launched the ‘It’s Time for Action’ campaign in February 2017. For the past few years, there has been a growing campaign led by women’s officers and student activists to re

Jan 24, 2018

GOWARD’S BROKEN PROMISE ON SEXUAL ASSAULT STRATEGY

NSW Labor is once again calling on the Berejiklian Government to produce the long-promised NSW Sexual Assault Strategy, which is now almost two and a half years late. This crucial strategy should be in place by now to identify measures which can improve prevention and responses to sexual assault in NSW. In May last year, the Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault stated in a response to a question on notice by NSW Labor that “the NSW Sexual Assaul

Overwhelming Community Support For 'It's In The Bag' Campaign

Nov 27, 2017

Overwhelming Community Support For 'It's In The Bag' Campaign

Member for Maitland and Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Jenny Aitchison, has been overwhelmed by the local community support shown in the first week of Share the Dignity’s Christmas campaign ‘It’s in the Bag’. ‘It’s in the Bag’ is an initiative that encourages people to fill an old handbag they have at home with sanitary, beauty and hygiene products to be handed out as a special gift to local women in need this Christmas. Hist

MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE - White Ribbon Day

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