In a speech to parliament, the member for Warringah Zali Steggall called for an overhaul to national sentencing laws for violence against women. She highlighted the swift change to sentencing laws for one-punch-attacks in NSW.
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00:00 When two young men died, NSW government introduced mandatory sentences for one-punch attacks.
00:06 When it was terrorism, laws were changed to jail people on the apprehended risk of crimes.
00:11 But when Australian men kill Australian women, the government's national plan is to take
00:15 10 years.
00:17 In the gallery today, our advocate is here to hold a vigil for the 192 women killed by
00:22 men since the 2021 March for Justice.
00:26 We have a crisis of male violence and women's safety.
00:30 Will you be tough on this domestic terrorism by leading an overhaul of national sentencing
00:34 laws including ADOs?
00:37 Governments need to do better, but we as a community need to do better as well.
00:41 Because this is about more than just government action.
00:45 This is about our whole society and how it functions and about respect for women.
00:51 We can change it and we must change it.
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