Nita Green (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

():  Last Friday, the Labor Albanese government announced a $4.4 billion commitment to new funding to address gender based violence and investment in frontline services and initiatives to prevent violence.

Ending violence against women and children has been a priority for the Albanese government. Since coming to government we have already invested $3.4 billion in initiatives to support the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children. This funding comes through partnerships with the National Cabinet, who will provide an $800 million increase of funding over five years to the legal sector. This funding will uplift legal services who are on the front lines of responding to gender based violence, a job that is supporting the most vulnerable in our communities and is saving and changing lives.

We know that under the former government there was a funding cliff from 30 June 2025. This commitment from our government, which we are proud to deliver, is a commitment to end family, domestic and sexual violence within a generation. This announcement also includes $80 million to boost enhanced child-centric trauma informed supports for children and young people. This funding will have specific focus on First Nations children, young people and will prioritise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled organisations.

I am so proud to be part of a Labor government which has delivered this fundamental change in the way we deal with domestic violence in this country. This is the type of thing that Labor governments do. And it is with this announcement of $44 billion that we take the next step in ending family violence in this country forever. I am so proud, as I said, to be a part of this government. This is what Labor governments are able to achieve when we work together.

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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