Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the minister representing the Attorney-General, Senator Payne. Frontline domestic violence crisis services have said for years that women and children are being turned away from essential services due to lack of funding: the beds are full; the crisis phone lines can't all be answered when they ring; and women are being forced to choose between violence and homelessness. This government's DV funding is not enough. It's not protecting sufferers from family violence. How many more women and children need to be killed before this government will treat this as domestic terrorism and as the real national security crisis and put the $5 billion over 10 years that's needed for frontline services and primary prevention?