“We must end the scourge of violence against women”, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. For support, contact 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732. Video via AAP
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00:00We must end the scourge of violence against women.
00:03It is too many tragedies.
00:06One death is too many, but we see time and time again
00:09violence against women having an impact.
00:13And one of the issues we have to deal with
00:15is making sure that there are safe places and homes for people to go.
00:21My government has made combating domestic violence a national priority.
00:25I've had two discussions at the national cabinet level
00:28because some of these issues go to state and territory governments.
00:32We've provided $4 billion of funding.
00:37We have a range of programs there.
00:41The 480 community workers that are now in place out of the 500,
00:47the 10 days paid domestic and family violence leave,
00:50making the leaving violence payments permanent,
00:54making sure that we made the changes in our first budget
00:57to single parenting payment as well.
01:00That's so important and something very close to me.
01:04The national plan to end violence against women and children
01:08is central to my government's plans.
01:12And I am proud to say that if we are re-elected,
01:17we'll build on the investments that we've already made,
01:19$1.2 billion in emergency and transitional accommodation
01:24for women and children escaping domestic violence.
01:28Some of that is through the Housing Australia Future Fund,
01:32which we know was inexplicably held up by the no-elition,
01:37the Liberals, the Nationals and the Greens in the Senate,
01:40holding up that investment that should have been rolling out.
01:45But now we've seen this morning from the housing organisation here,
01:51they're benefiting from the Housing Australia Future Fund.