Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source

To move:

That the Senate—

  (a)   notes that 25 November 2011 marks White Ribbon Day, the United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women;

  (b)   recognises that:

     (i)   statistics show one in three women in Australia has experienced violence since the age of 15 and one in five has experienced sexual violence,

     (ii)   all forms of violence, including physical, sexual, financial and psychological are unacceptable, and

     (iii)   the social and economic cost to Australian families and all Australians that stem from domestic violence and violence in the home are devastating;

  (c)   acknowledges that:

     (i)   all women, regardless of their status, deserve to live their lives free from the trauma, despair and impaired health that violence can inflict on them, and

     (ii)   whatever a person's circumstances, the role of government is to keep them safe from violence; and

  (d)   encourages all Australians to purchase a white ribbon and wear it on White Ribbon Day to highlight that violence against women is simply not acceptable.