Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

There are a range of issues to address in that question, but the most important one, I think, relates more broadly at a national level to use of language. We have to speak, write and report more accurately and empathetically about domestic violence. It's a matter that Senator Ruston and I raised in our statement last week. We have to think more carefully about our expectations of healthy, respectful relationships. As I said in answer to Senator Askew's question earlier in question time, language does matter. It does matter—