While steps taken by the national cabinet on violence against women are welcome, much more needs to be done.
There was a very revealing moment near the start of the prime minister’s media conference on Wednesday after a national cabinet meeting to discuss the domestic violence crisis that is killing, injuring and terrorising so many Australian women.
Without meaning to, Cronin revealed an uncomfortable truth for all levels of government: While both federal and NSW politicians clearly want to stop violence against women, and have already gone some way to putting in place plans to stop it, this has not been a priority until now. Clearly, given the shocking daily toll of women being killed or beaten up, what has been done to date is not enough.
This program replaces and rebrands a trial policy set up under former prime minister Scott Morrison in October 2021 and called theThe Labor policy was already under way before the flashpoints of the past few weeks. A decision had to be made on whether to continue the trial scheme, so the plan was prepared for the federal budget on May 14.
We acknowledge the announcement made by Albanese and the Minns government for committing to actions to help make a difference.
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