The NSW police commissioner also hosed down calls for a royal commission into violence against women, saying there were solutions that could be implemented much more quickly.
Federal MPs from across the political spectrum and the NSW police commissioner have played down the need for a national royal commission into violence against women, arguing that governments can be – and are – acting right now., Social Services minister Amanda Rishworth, Nationals deputy senate leader Bridget McKenzie and independent MP Dai Le didn’t back the need for a new national inquiry.
Rishworth backed that assessment and argued the federal government needed to “get on with the job” of actioning its national plan to end violence against women and children, which was just two years into its 10-year timeframe.“That is signed up by both the Commonwealth and the states and territories. That’s been accompanied by an action plan and $2.3 billion of investments in programs and responses to domestic family and sexual violence. That is a record amount of funding put in,” she said.
Nationals deputy senate leader Bridget McKenzie said the government’s domestic violence strategy wasn’t working and it was “absolutely appalling we have seen a 25th woman killed by gendered violence this year”.She stopped short of backing a national royal commission into domestic violence, arguing that was up to the government to decide.
“I have been dealing with this issue every day that I have been Minister for Social Services,” she said.
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