Billions of dollars will be spent on tackling Australia's violence against women crisis.Funding will start flowing from July 1st next year, but there are concerns that the money will be too little, or too late.
Billions of dollars will be spent on tackling Australia's violence against women crisis.Funding will start flowing from July 1st next year, but there are concerns that the money will be too little, or too late.
"We are experiencing a national crisis in demand for support services. We don't know whether that's because there's more domestic and family violence, but what we do know is that more women are seeking help and needing support, and it's so important that we provide that support to save more lives." "We must act to ensure women are safe. These horrific and disturbing deaths and vile violence must be prevented. Achieving this demands action and change at every level of government."Almost four billion of that is going towards legal services over the next five years - a 25 per cent increase on previous funding levels.
And $702 million will go towards frontline services across the next five years - funded 50 per cent by the commonwealth, and 50 per cent by states and territories.
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