I thank the Minister and his officials for their work in developing this agency. I hope it will be very successful in terms of supporting families. I thank the Minister for the amendments he has taken on board. He made it clear that while not accepting a number of amendments he will take on board the spirit of those amendments. I believe that when members of the family resource agency, including members of Family Mediation Service and family counselling, read the detail of what has been said today they will be reassured. People always like to see these matters tied down in legislation. However, I appreciate it is not always possible to do so in terms of some of the issues we were trying to tease out today. The Minister has accepted a number of amendments which is the way legislation should be dealt with in the House. There should be give and take and discussion on issues. It is important for us to represent the many views presented by those who will form the staff and who will be delivering the services of the family support agency. It has been a worthwhile discussion from that point of view.
I welcome the Minister's statement on the issue we discussed at the beginning and the prioritisation his Department will give to investigating patterns in regard to the episodes of family violence we have witnessed. I hope we can learn from that and perhaps the work of the family support agency can target families who find themselves in these situations. I thank the Chair also.