Prime Minister announces $925 million funding to combat the issue

In memory of 28 women killed just this year in gendered violence, tonight it is about remembering the people behind the numbers and holding that space for them and their families. A rise in men’s violence against women has put the issue in the spotlight. But these vigils happen on the 1st of May every year. A sign of the ongoing battle to fix this national shame. The Prime Minister calling an urgent meeting with premiers and Chief ministers announcing $925 million over the next five years to permanently establish the Leaving Violence program. Know that when a woman is killed by a violent partner, too often some people will say why didn’t she leave? And it’s because of. There not being options, it will provide up to $5000 including one and a half thousand in cash and 3 1/2 thousand on a prepaid card. For needs like legal help, bills and counselling more funding into the programs that are working, I think it’s something that we should support and applaud. The government also wants to crack down on misogynistic content online, announcing a new trial of age verification technology’s to prevent kids accessing porn on the Internet. And criminal penalties for people who share non consensual, deep fake pornography. But after major marches across the country from Australians fed up. Complaints. This money isn’t anywhere near enough. What we were hoping for today was significant investment into frontline life saving organisations and we did not see that today. This is an extremely underwhelming and deeply disappointing announcement Today the nation’s leaders say this won’t be the end of their efforts to help eliminate violence against women. National Cabinet will reconvene in a few months. Those at the table concede much more needs to be done. I’m satisfied it’s a further step forward. Can we be satisfied? When a woman’s losing her life on average every 4 days? Of course not. We would be naive to think that this problem is going to stop going away because there was a meeting today. It’s also important for the states to sit down and work out how they can make their laws more complementary, more uniform. The nations, women and children are counting on it.