Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

on indulgence—I join in supporting the Prime Minister's very strong words, and when we were in government measures we undertook were supported by the then opposition. We continue in that bipartisanship spirit by congratulating the member for her question. Like everybody in this place, we should be dedicated to the elimination of violence against women and children. There are some programs which are working very effectively and a frustration within those organisations, when talking to those advocates, about how to scale it up and how they can get the ear of government to replicate their success across the country. There are some horrific cases, and the human cost—not just to the individual family and loved ones left behind but to society—is quite astounding. We will do everything that is humanly possible to support the work by the government, by the state and territory governments and by NGOs to bring an end to this terrible scourge.

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