Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I won't repeat the point about evidentiary requirement, because the issue you're raising is more about support for domestic violence services. Absolutely, my own dealings with domestic violence services in Queensland convince me that they are very short of resources and very stretched to do extremely stressful work.

You're probably familiar with the fact that the government has just released, in partnership with states and territories, a new national action plan relating to domestic and family violence. I've forgotten the exact name of the action plan. That also committed governments, federal and state, to increase resourcing for those services. That is something we take very seriously and we're providing those resources through that plan.