Wendy Askew (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Liddle, I move:

That—

There be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, by no later than 10 am on Tuesday, 5 December 2023, details of the funding that has been provided to, and workers that have been employed in, frontline services and community work to support people experiencing family, domestic and sexual violence following the Government's announcement on 25 October 2022, including:

(a) how much of the $169.4 million that was promised over 4 years from 2022-23, has been distributed to each state and territory, up to 30 November 2023;

(b) details of the decision process to distribute funding and identifying who receives funding in each jurisdiction;

(c) the number of frontline workers who have been employed in each state and territory, up to 30 November 2023, including the postcode in which each worker is employed;

(d) the start date for the employment of each frontline worker who has been employed; and

(e) the pay rate and grade for:

(i) each of the 500 frontline workers who will be employed, and

(ii) each of the frontline workers employed up to 30 November 2023.