Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth says it's time to 'stop shying away' from evidence that shows men are overwhelmingly the perpetrators of domestic, family, and sexual violence.
While the plan acknowledges the need for clear and measurable targets to ensure accountability on the part of current and future government, those details are yet to be released.
The minister would not say whether the "action plans" would be ready for release before the next budget in May.Labor allocated $1.7 billion over six years in its first budget released last month towards women's safety measures, a figure many advocates say is inadequate given the scale of the problem.
"We know victim-survivors can experience the compounding impacts of racism, ableism and sexism and our goal is to provide Safe Places which recognise this and are inclusive and accessible," she said. "We have a significant budget problem and so this is something that we do have to look at budget when it comes to raising the rate of JobSeeker."
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