Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Waters, for raising an important issue. The short answer is: everything we can—everything I can do as an individual, as a man, as a member of the Labor Party, as a minister and as a father of three daughters, with one granddaughter and a wife. I will do everything I can, Senator Waters.

I believe as a government we take this issue very, very seriously. Family and domestic violence is a very terrible scourge on our society. One death is one death too many in this space. As a government and to a man we completely reject domestic violence. We have to act, I think, as a community to try and resolve this terrible, terrible issue. It's not an easy issue to resolve, Senator Waters. I think I would speak for every male standing behind me that we all want to see an end to this scourge that is domestic violence. As a government we're, of course, investing in a whole range of programs that are designed to try and reduce the impact of domestic violence, and I know the minister— (Time expired)