Senator Larissa Waters | Women’s safety sector needs for $1 billion in funding
In a cost-of-living crisis women needed bold action from Labor, instead we get more of the same half-measures and spin we saw in the October budget.
The government continues to ignore frontline domestic violence services, who have repeatedly called for a $1 billion per year to ensure they can help everyone who needs it.
The funding shortfall will see one in three women unable to get the help they need to escape violence.