Peter Georgiou (WA, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senator Storer, move:

That the Senate:

(a) notes that a 2018 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report found family and domestic violence affected one in five Australian women and one in nine Australian men;

(b) notes that the AIHW report states that, since age 15, one in six women and one in 16 men have experienced physical or sexual violence by a current or previous partner;

(c) acknowledges that the number of Western Australians who have died from family violence related incidents has sky-rocketed to 23 this year, more than double that of last year's number (11);

(d) acknowledges that family violence leads to a higher rate of homelessness for victims, especially women and children;

(e) urges the Federal Government to provide more relief housing for victims of domestic violence; and

(f) calls on the Federal Government to fill the data-sharing gaps as outlined in the AIHW report to better understand people at risk and identify the services they need.

I seek leave to make a short statement.