/ 22 August 2024

Calling for more cash

Image source: Getty
Image source: Getty

Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin shared her first report on the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children yesterday – that’s the 10-year plan to stamp it out within “one generation”. It comes months after the latest crisis flared with several high-profile homicides across the country. In particular, Cronin called out the need to improve what’s being said to young men and to deal with their widespread “access to online misogyny”. She also wants more funding for DV services, which she says are “beyond capacity”. That was echoed by frontline workers, who have called for an extra $270 million for the sector. And as the Coalition pushed the government to take more action with “fierce urgency”, Prevention of Family Violence Assistant Minister Justine Elliot said “generational change depends on educating our sons”.

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