Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

I am very proud that the first decision of the Turnbull government was a cabinet decision in relation to the announcement of a $100 million women's safety package. I will take the time now to advise the Senate on the progress of some of the outcomes of the package.

We have expanded the 1800RESPECT frontline service, and our new model for telephone counselling has reduced the average call waiting time for victims of domestic violence from 10.3 minutes to 35.11 seconds. Our cross-border intelligence desk cuts across remote communities in the tri-border regions of WA, the NT and South Australia. It successfully identified and tracked 13 high-risk offenders in the first six months of this year. These offenders have been convicted or are currently before the courts. And we have implemented specialist domestic violence units and health justice partnerships around Australia which are already assisting 534 clients with 1,400 services. (Time expired)