Kara Cook (Bonner, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Seven women have been murdered by their partners this year. Three of those women were First Nations women. We know Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are seven times more likely to be murdered by their partners in our country and 34 times more likely to be hospitalised due to domestic and family violence. That is why today is a historic day in our fight against this absolute scourge in our society.

Today the Albanese Labor government launched 'Our Ways—Strong Ways—Our Voices', Australia's first ever standalone national plan to end family, domestic and sexual violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children. This plan was a long time coming and developed in genuine partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and victims-survivors. It reflects their knowledge, their leadership and their longstanding advocacy over not years but decades. At its core, this plan is about backing Aboriginal community controlled organisations already doing the essential work on the ground—work built on culture, connection and evidence. Today this government is committing $218 million in new funding to expand community led, evidence based services into communities right across our country. I am proud to be part of a government delivering this much-needed work for our country.

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