Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) 36 women have been killed by violence in 2020, as reported by Counting Dead Women Australia from Destroy the Joint, 28 since the horrific murder of Hannah Clarke and her children six months ago,

  (ii) there is no national government toll reporting women killed by violence in real time,

  (iii) more than 370,000 women are subjected to violence from men each year,

  (iv) 1 in 3 women have experienced physical violence and, on average, one woman is murdered every week by her current or former partner,

  (v) women are nearly three times more likely than men to experience intimate partner violence and 2.5 times more likely to be hospitalised from family and domestic violence,

  (vi) young women, women with disabilities, and First Nations women are more likely to experience violence,

  (vii) demand for domestic and family violence services continues to increase, and

  (viii) COVID-19 has put more women and children at risk and increased the demands on front-line domestic and family violence services; and

(b) calls on the Government to recognise violence against women as a national security crisis and increase funding accordingly so everyone seeking safety can access appropriate services when and where they need them.

Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Domestic violence and family violence is a scourge and its impact is horrific. The government has swiftly committed $150 million for the domestic violence specific COVID-19 support package. This funding is on top of the $340 million the Commonwealth has already invested in the fourth action plan initiatives.

Question agreed to.