Queensland Minister Defends Millions in Domestic Violence Funding Cuts

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Queensland's Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Minister, Amanda Camm, defended significant funding cuts, stating the reduced allocation was for time-limited, non-frontline recommendations.
Opposition leaders criticized the cuts as "indefensible," while the Police Minister asserted frontline services remain unaffected.

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Queensland's Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Minister, Amanda Camm, defended significant funding cuts, stating the reduced allocation was for time-limited, non-frontline recommendations. Opposition leaders criticized the cuts as "indefensible," while the Police Minister asserted frontline services remain unaffected.

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Queensland's Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Minister, Amanda Camm, defended millions in funding cuts, stating the reduced allocation was for time-limited taskforce recommendations that have been delivered. The opposition calls the cuts 'indefensible,' while police state frontline services are unaffected.

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