ADJOURNMENT

Mr GOSLING (Solomon) (13:12): I want to congratulate James Austin from Darwin Youth Services, who's the Territory winner of the national Great Mate Awards. These awards, from Beyond DV, celebrate men that are consistently showing up for boys and young men in positive, grounded and really meaningful ways—coaches, mentors, youth workers, employers and neighbours who are everyday role models, helping young guys to feel supported, respected and connected, often through small moments that make a lasting difference.

James and his amazing wife, Sarah, who is also a counsellor in the youth space, have just had a newborn, so it's double congratulations to them, and it's great that James could make it down here to Canberra to receive the award last night. He delivers the I Respect program in schools across the Top End. I Respect encourages young men to discuss healthy relationships and healthy manhood to create a culture where young people discuss and define what healthy relationships are and learn about consent, non-consent and coercion.

This award event was timely given that my colleague the Minister for Social Services delivered the Domestic Family and Sexual Violence Commission yearly report to parliament yesterday. Minister Plibersek acknowledged the victims and survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence and the importance of remembering the women and children killed, often by men who claim to love them.

The report states that we need to understand family, domestic and sexual violence as a collective problem and one that requires collective action. As a government, we're reforming the family courts, child support, tax, superannuation and social security so that the systems women and children rely on can't be weaponised against them. We've made the leaving violence payment permanent so that they don't have to choose between survival and safety.

We have invested in crisis accommodation and housing to ensure they always have somewhere to go, and we have boosted funding for the frontline workers who save lives, while targeting the repeat offenders that inflict so much harm. The next phase of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children recognises that we must shift from simply responding to violence to dealing with the conditions that cause and exacerbate it.

That means getting support to families before they reach crisis while continuing to fund the frontline services that people depend on during crisis. It means ensuring children experiencing violence get the help that they need to escape and heal; intervening earlier when people use violence, before their behaviour becomes entrenched; holding perpetrators who refuse to change to account; and giving the stopping of sexual violence that's playing out in our schools, institutions, homes and communities the distinct and sustained attention that it demands.

In this challenging space I acknowledge and thank the Darwin Indigenous Men's Service, DIMS, which is an Aboriginal community controlled, male led organisation that supports Aboriginal men across the Territory. DIMS understands that men's health is not just a clinical appointment; it involves culture, connection, healing from trauma, respectful relationships, social and emotional wellbeing, meaningful roles as fathers and family members, and practical support through life's most difficult transitions.

By walking alongside men—including those navigating involvement in the justice system, alcohol and other drug challenges, grief and disconnection—DIMS strengthens men and strengthens families and communities. Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, and it's a key priority for our Albanese Labor government. More than 3,000 Australians lose their lives to suicide annually, leaving families, friends and communities to carry the profound and lasting impact of that loss.

This year's theme, changing the narrative, highlights the importance of reducing stigma, encouraging open conversations and making sure people know that help is available. Our federal Labor government is providing help through Medicare mental health centres, a digital mental health check-in service and enhanced headspace services as well as funding a youth engagement hub at Leanyer, which was one of my big priorities.

We're doing a lot, and we're going to do more.