Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, it is an absolute goal of this government to make sure that we respond to domestic, family and sexual violence, but we have an additional goal and an additional responsibility, and that is to prevent it from happening in the first place. To that end, we will be continuing our campaign of Stop It At The Start. This campaign recognises that to break the cycle of domestic violence we have to encourage adults to reflect on their behaviours, on their actions and their attitudes and the impact that they have on our children, and about how children deal with and develop respectful relationships.

It explains that our actions and our language as parents, as family members, as teachers, as coaches, as role models, are very, very important, in terms of determining the influence that they have on young people. This is a three-phased approach. The first two phases, about bringing awareness to the issue and dealing with misinterpretation, have already occurred. The third phase is about to begin.