Southport court DV boost
THERE will now be two permanent magistrates hearing domestic violence cases on the Gold Coast.
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Yvette D’Ath yesterday announced funding for the magistrates to sit in the DV courts at the state’s second-busiest courthouse.
There will now be 11 permanent magistrates working on the Coast.
Victims of domestic violence will also be able to attend court on the Gold Coast without ever having to face their perpetrators once a host of renovations are completed at Southport Court.
Ms D’Ath yesterday toured the new facilities designed to support complainants and their children. The new specific domestic violence area will be finished in September.