Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks, Senator Bilyk, for the supplementary. The government is already taking action to support the national plan. There is $1.7 billion of investment through the recent budget to support initiatives under the national plan, including funding for consent and respectful relationships education and 500 frontline service and community workers to support women and children experiencing family, domestic and sexual violence. That was a policy designed and advocated for by my colleague Senator McAllister in the previous term of parliament.

We've also introduced paid family and domestic violence leave. We're implementing the recommendations, all of them, from the Respect@Work report, including legislating a positive duty on employers to provide workplaces free of harassment. We're investing $1.6 billion from the returns of the Housing Australia Future Fund, including to support women escaping DV and older women at risk of homelessness. We're also developing a standalone First Nations national plan for family safety under the leadership of Minister Burney and Minister Rishworth. (Time expired)