The first annual update on the progress of the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children will be handed to parliament today, but community legal centres and crossbench MPs say the government's response doesn't address key issues.
The Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin is set to deliver her first update on the progress of the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children today.
But just upstairs from the chamber, lawyers from community legal centres said their cries for increased funding for frontline services weren't being met with a response. "We have placed a particular focus on tackling economic insecurity, because poverty is not just a factor in violent relationships, it's something that traps women in violent situations.
Before entering politics, Ms Elliot was a police officer and worked with families affected by horrific violence."Indeed, one of the first times I spoke in this chamber was on International Women's Day in 2005 and in speaking about gender based violence, I said these are not just women's issues, they're also community issues.
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