The federal government will help expand a specialist family violence hotline for young Indigenous men and boys, staffed by Aboriginal elders, to help address serious social issues. The Dardi Munwurro family violence service will get $675,000 over the next three years to widen its Brother to Brother men’s crisis line. It will help support First Nations boys and men aged 10 to 25 through a specialist family violence hotline.
The phone services gives 24/7 support to males who are struggling with relationship issues, family and domestic violence, parenting, drug and alcohol or other issues, according to social services minister Amanda Rishworth, with the line staffed by Aboriginal men including elders. “Violence against women and children is not inevitable. Governments at all levels need to be pulling in the same direction,” the minister said.