Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Polley for the question. It's an important question about a report that was tabled this morning in the other place. Before I answer, I would like to acknowledge the victims and survivors of domestic, family and sexual violence and remember that women and children have been killed too often by men who have been known to them and who have claimed to have love them. These are words that the Minister for Social Services said in the House earlier today.

We do thank Commissioner Cronin, her team and the Lived Experience Advisory Council for their thorough and thoughtful work on the yearly report and for their ongoing advice to government.

The report is important, and its recommendations, including some that are already in train, are important advice to government as we continue to deal with and seek to end violence against women and children in a generation, as the national plan sets out.