Funding for Domestic Violence

[bluecat*dancing]

Great to see the new PM taking this issue seriously , especially since his predessor had drastically cut funding, by increasing funding and putting other measures in place.

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/09/24/06/45/prime-minister-malcolm-turnbull-to-commit-41m-to-t...

Minister for Women Michaelia Cash and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull have announced a $100m women's safety package aimed at combating domestic violence.

Mr Turnbull and Ms Cash were joined by domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty and former Victoria Police commissioner Ken Lay in Melbourne today to announce the package.

Some key aspects of the new package are:

• $17m to expanding existing programs aimed at keeping women safe at the home, including improving access to CCTV and locks.

• $5m to the 1800 RESPECT hotline • $2m to MensLine services

• $21m to help Indigenous women and those in remote communities

• A $12m trial with state governments to use GPS tracking for high-risk domestic violence offenders

• $5m to 20,000 mobile phones across Australia for women whose access to technology is compromised

• $5m to developing and improving the Safe Schools website

• Improved training for frontline services, including general practitioners, doctors, nurse, magistrates and police

• Identifying domestic violence hotspots

Mr Turnbull said disrespect of women was a key root cause of family violence and needed to be addressed. "This is a big cultural shift," he said. "Of course, the vast majority of men do respect women. But many do not. "We must make it un-Australian to disrespect women. "We must become a country which is known for its respect of women." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~