Tanya Plibersek
Sydney · Australian Labor Party · Australia
“The Redress Scheme has, since 2018, received 80,000 applications and disbursed over $2 billion in redress payments to survivors. Thousands have received apologies or counselling that have changed their lives. That acknowledgement has changed their lives.”
“The scheme's operating expenses are met by taxpayers, who also step in as a funder of last resort for compensation payments, so the financial impacts obviously go beyond the victim-survivors themselves.”
“I want to take the opportunity to note recent media reports, particularly those in the Australian Financial Review , which said: Edmund Rice Education was created in 2007 and now operates dozens of schools affiliated with the Christian Brothers. … The split created a new organisation with the bulk of the Christian Brothers assets.”
“And of course they are also part of the larger group of people that are eligible now, because we've increased thresholds. Thanks to our changes, families now get around $30,000 of paid parental leave. That's more than double what it was when we came to government. But it's not just about paid parental leave.”
“The federal government is gravely concerned about the Christian Brothers Oceania Province's 22 June 2026 announcement that it would seek creditor and court approval for a creditors scheme of arrangement and a moratorium on all current and future civil proceedings in connection with child sexual abuse claims.”
“Thanks so much to the member for Cunningham. I know that she is out and about in her electorate all the time, and she knows that over 1,800 parents benefited from paid parental leave in her electorate just last year. Last week, I met Baby Zoe and her mum and dad. Baby Zoe is number three in a family of three children.”
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“I know that no compensation can undo the harm and the hurt that so many victims and survivors of child sexual abuse experienced, but that compensation is the absolute minimum that they should expect and that is owed to them. Question agreed to. Federation Chamber adjourned at 11:56”
“He said that the abuse occurred in institutions now operated by Edmund Rice Education Australia, an organisation that was split out of the Christian Brothers. He said of that: It is the great hope of the Conference that the Christian Brothers find a way to support the provision of care for victims of abuse that occurred in institutions conducted by the Christian Brothers. My department, the Department of Social Services, filed submissions in the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 30 June 2026, and the department and the government were represented at a hearing held this morning, on 2 July. We will remain engaged as the matter works its way through the court.”
“The scheme's operating expenses are met by taxpayers, who also step in as a funder of last resort for compensation payments, so the financial impacts obviously go beyond the victim-survivors themselves. Taxpayers should not have to step in to compensate victims of crime when the institution responsible is readily identifiable and has substantial wealth, but the feeling that no-one may be held to account for this abuse, that is perhaps even worse than the financial impacts. The idea that no-one will be held to account for child sexual abuse when it's identifiable where it happened and who was responsible, I think, is devastating for victims and survivors. I was very pleased to see the President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, quoted in the Financial Review on 23 June.”
“Growing up, I was taught that there was one church and one God, not multiple corporate entities that transfer assets for purposes that are yet to be made clear. It is, of course, entirely up to the court to interpret the legal validity of the application made by the Christian Brothers. I speak on behalf of the federal government in particular for the Redress Scheme, which I have responsibility to administer, but most importantly for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse. The impact on victim-survivors of this application is manifold. They ask again: who can they trust? Of course, such an arrangement will have financial impacts on victim-survivors.”
“I want to take the opportunity to note recent media reports, particularly those in the Australian Financial Review , which said: Edmund Rice Education was created in 2007 and now operates dozens of schools affiliated with the Christian Brothers. … The split created a new organisation with the bulk of the Christian Brothers assets. Edmund Rice Education had more than $345 million in cash in its account at the end of December 2024. And second: In total, land deemed by EREA to be worth $891 million was transferred to it by the Christian Brothers between 2013 and 2017. The land has not been revalued in the accounts since its transfer, notes proxy adviser Dean Paatsch. Assuming a moderate 7 per cent rate of price growth, he estimates the present value of the transferred land at some $2 billion.”
“The Redress Scheme has, since 2018, received 80,000 applications and disbursed over $2 billion in redress payments to survivors. Thousands have received apologies or counselling that have changed their lives. That acknowledgement has changed their lives. There are several hundred pending claims against the Christian brothers in the Redress Scheme, and I expect there may be more before the lodgement date closes for applications. The Christian Brothers application to the New South Wales Supreme Court has injected even greater uncertainty into the lives of survivors, already forever altered by the conduct of members of the order. This situation has been brought about by the Christian Brothers view that it is confronting financial challenges and that these challenges will impact the order's capacity to meet future compensation payments.”
“The federal government is gravely concerned about the Christian Brothers Oceania Province's 22 June 2026 announcement that it would seek creditor and court approval for a creditors scheme of arrangement and a moratorium on all current and future civil proceedings in connection with child sexual abuse claims. This is causing great distress across the community of survivors of child sexual abuse. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse caused hundreds of institutions, including the Catholic Church, to confront their shocking history of abuse. The misconduct and tactics that were used by institutions to avoid liability were laid bare. Among the royal commission's 409 recommendations was the establishment of the National Redress Scheme.”
“We are for higher wages, we are for lower taxes, we are for stronger paid parental leave, we are for a stronger Medicare system, we're for free TAFE and lower university costs and we are for working families. Those opposite are all whinge and all pretence.”
“Senator Hanson said in 2017 that women just get pregnant for the money. She said in April: 'Listen, love, you have the equipment. That's what you're here for. If you don't want to interrupt your career, don't have a baby.' And, at the Press Club recently, she said, 'The gender pay gap is all smoke and mirrors. Women take time off, and they're not paid their wages, because they're not working. Fair enough.' But this is typical. One Nation pretend they're for working families, but they're not. They're for lower wages. They say that workers are lazy, should be easier to sack and are paid too much. It fits right in with the Liberal Party, who say that low wages are a deliberate design feature of their economic architecture. On this side, we know what we're for.”
“And of course they are also part of the larger group of people that are eligible now, because we've increased thresholds. Thanks to our changes, families now get around $30,000 of paid parental leave. That's more than double what it was when we came to government. But it's not just about paid parental leave. We've also increased family tax benefit. For example, a family with one kid over the age of 13 is about $1,500 better off a year since we came to government. Families are benefiting from higher wages, lower taxes, three hours of free power and a stronger Medicare system. And, of course, we're helping families get into a home of their own as well. But none of this is safe if those opposite have their way. The Liberals have never supported paid parental leave. One Nation hates it.”
“Thanks so much to the member for Cunningham. I know that she is out and about in her electorate all the time, and she knows that over 1,800 parents benefited from paid parental leave in her electorate just last year. Last week, I met Baby Zoe and her mum and dad. Baby Zoe is number three in a family of three children. What Zoe's mum, Anne, told me is that, each time she got paid parental leave, she got more time off and more money—the last two times because of the big changes that we have made since coming to government in 2022. And, if Anne and Dad Chris decide to have No. 4, they will get more time off: the full six months. They'll get more money, at the higher rate of over $1,000 a week. They'll get more flexibility—more time to take off together if they wish.”
“It's genetic.' Senator Hanson in 2017 said women only get themselves pregnant for the money, and this year in April she said: 'Listen, love. You have the equipment. That's what you're here for.'”
“And of course more people are eligible as the thresholds increase. But it's not just about the huge increase in paid parental leave. That's not the only way we're helping families. We're increasing family tax benefit from today as well. The three hours of free power comes in today. There are tax cuts for every Australian taxpayer, increases to the minimum wage for three million workers and stronger Medicare. And, of course, we're making it easier for people to get a home of their own. None of that is safe if those opposite, the three right-wing parties, ever have the opportunity to team up. The Liberals have called mums on paid parental leave rorters and double-dippers. The member for Goldstein—he's here today—says: 'It's not my choice that women have children.”
“I want to thank the member for Bendigo for her question. She is a fantastic, active, hardworking local member. She knows that, last year in her community, about 1,600 parents benefited from paid parental leave. This morning, the Prime Minister, the member for Canberra and I met gorgeous little babies Van and Lucas and their parents, and we were talking to them about what a difference paid parental leave has made for them. And of course we're delighted that today that difference is even more significant because today from the today, 1 July, people will get the full six months of paid parental leave. They'll get more money at that higher rate—over $1,000 a week. They'll get their paid super as well, of course. They get more flexibility, more time off mums and dads together if they wish.”
“The bill also includes the following amendments to improve the operation of the social security, family payment and child support systems: All the amendments contained in this bill, while technical in nature, will ensure the social security, family assistance and child support systems can better operate as intended and provide assistance to those who need it in a more streamlined and accessible way. Together, they continue our work restoring trust in Australia's social security system and ensuring our safety net provides the assistance people need. Debate adjourned.”
“For recipients like single mums caring for their children waiting on child support, this will mean more accurate payments sooner, fewer back payments for underpayments and less debt collection for overpayments. These changes will ensure child support assessments are timely and accurate and will protect child support debt collection opportunities through the tax-refund interception process, which collects around $41 million in child support debt owed to children every year. The small proportion of cases where there is a difference between the pre-issue income data and the final tax-assessed amount are corrected through reconciliation processes or automatic adjustments.”
“The bill allows Services Australia to use pre-issue income data to finalise or reconcile Family Tax Benefit or Child Care Subsidy payments and administer the child support scheme, rather than having to rely on tax-assessed income information. It also ensures that people's incomes can be updated if Services Australia receives new income data. The amendments ensure that Services Australia can make accurate payments for families seeking assistance, and make accurate and timely child support assessments. This aligns with Services Australia's current practices. It will allow claims to be assessed as early as possible based on pre-issue income data supplied by the ATO, rather than having to wait longer for the final tax-assessed amount. These changes will mean payments can be updated without having to wait for the final assessment.”
“This allows people to continue to access advance payments when they need it most and at a time and place that suits them. We are also aligning Mobility Allowance debt recovery provisions with the usual debt raising practices for social security and Family Tax Benefit advances, improving legislative consistency across the social security system. Pre-issue Income Data The bill also makes technical changes to ensure that Services Australia can use income data supplied by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) before a notice of assessment is issued. This is known as pre-issue income data. For 99.8 per cent of people, their income information doesn't change once a notice of assessment is issued. Pre-issue income is used for child support, Family Tax Benefit, Single Income Family Supplement and Child Care Subsidy purposes.”
“Advance Payments Advance payments allow income support or Family Tax Benefit recipients to receive a lump sum advance of their entitlement. The money is then repaid through a deduction of a person's future payments. Advance payments are an important part of the social security and Family Tax Benefit systems, with approximately 2.7 million advance payments being granted in the 2024-25 financial year. The bill makes technical changes to provide legal certainty for Services Australia's administration of advance payments and continue current service delivery arrangements. We are removing outdated provisions related to social security and Family Tax Benefit advances, including the requirement for Services Australia to be satisfied that the repayments won't cause the person to suffer financial hardship.”
“This is a largely technical bill, reflecting the need for regular updates to ensure legislation remains up to date. It enables efficient and fair administration for the benefit of people who are supported by the social security and child support systems. The bill also responds to priorities identified through Services Australia's Legal Compliance and Remediation Program. Many compliance issues are being resolved simply by operational or system changes at Services Australia, but others require legislation. Minister Gallagher and I are actively responding to these issues as they arise. This bill strengthens our social security safety net by ensuring there is legislative clarity in how the social security, family payment and child support systems support people. The bill includes the following technical changes.”
“Over the last two years, the government has passed four pieces of legislation to address historical legal and compliance issues in the social security and child support systems. With these amendments, we have taken action to resolve outstanding legal and compliance issues identified in the operation of the social security, family payment and child support systems. Many of these issues have been impacting the operation of these critical systems since well before our government was elected. The bill ensures systems are up to date, are working effectively and that people can have confidence in their integrity and the support they can rely on. We need to make sure people have confidence in the safety net so they can take a step forward and take up opportunities.”
“Since December 2025, more than 500 social security and family payment debts have been waived where family and domestic violence was recorded. In the recent budget, the government announced significant reforms to make the child support system safer and more effective for Australian children and their parents. The bill before the parliament today is another important milestone in our efforts to restore the integrity of our social security, family payment and child support systems. This bill includes measures which resolve some historical legal and compliance issues that have been identified with the operation of these systems. It builds on work that we have been progressing as a government.”
“The threshold will be indexed from today, increasing to $260, and will continue to be indexed annually in line with the changes to the consumer price index. We expect that in 2025-26 alone around 1.2 million undetermined debts will have been waived or will not be raised at all. Access to the special circumstances debt waiver was expanded to better protect victims-survivors of domestic and family violence from coercive social security debt. The waiver can now be applied more widely and more fairly in situations where a person has genuine limitations on their ability to comply with their reporting requirements. This includes cases of family and domestic violence, where a debt arises due to coercion or financial abuse.”
“For example, a family with a child over 13 receiving family tax benefit part A will see an increase of $10.64 per fortnight. This family is now receiving over $1,500 a year more in family tax benefit than when we came to government. Around one million aged pension, disability support pension and carer payment recipients will also benefit with increases to income and asset thresholds. This means that payment recipients including older Australians will be able to have more income and more assets before their payments are affected. Most recently, through the passage of legislation late last year, the government increased the small debt waiver threshold for the first time in 30 years to $250.”
“We have made sure support is going to those who need it with our changes to parenting payment single eligibility, which has benefited around 200,000 single principal carers since September 2023. From today, new parents will benefit from our expansion to paid parental leave. Our changes mean: Thanks to Labor's changes, families accessing the full entitlement will receive almost $30,000 across their paid parental leave. That's more than double the entitlement they received before Labor returned to government, and last year we started paying superannuation on paid parental leave, which means that the retirement income gap for working parents is also reduced. Over 1.2 million families with children will also benefit from indexation increases to family tax benefit from today.”
“This bill builds on the significant improvements the government has made since the 2022 election, restoring fairness and adequacy for many income-support and family-payment recipients, as well as children and parents supported by the Child Support Scheme. We have raised the rate of working-age and student payments, providing real increases in support for low-income Australians. We have increased the annual single rate of JobSeeker payments by more than $4,300 a year; this is the result of the government's increase to working-age and student payments of $40 per fortnight, along with regular indexation. Commonwealth rent assistance maximum rates have increased by over 50 per cent through the government's real increases in 2023 and 2024 as well as indexation.”
“I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Since this government was elected, we've been focused on strengthening Australia's social security system to make it fairer, easier to access and better able to support people when they need it most. This is one of the fundamental responsibilities of government. We have also been hard at work restoring trust in our social security system. Without this trust, the social security system loses legitimacy in the eyes of our community. We understand the importance of the social security, family payment and child support systems to all Australians. Help has to be available when and where Australians need it most.”
“We know that is particularly important in female dominated industries like aged care where we've also seen the benefits of our changes to industrial relations, which has meant we've got the lowest gender pay gap in history because of the changes this government has made. In industries like aged care, you also see a lot of casual workers and a lot of part-time workers who are women. They, of course, also benefit from paid parental leave, as long as they meet the work test, and that's very important to know. Of course, we know that those opposite have been completely all over the place on that. The shadow treasurer disappears every time I talk about paid parental leave. He's gone again! Of course, One Nation is only 50 per cent here. We've got one of them but not the other one.”
“From tomorrow, this fantastic group of staff will receive a range of terrific benefits, including higher wages, including tax cuts and including payday super, and, of course, they'll see increases in their family tax benefit tomorrow as well, if they've got kids. If they have a baby, from tomorrow onwards, they'll of course, receive the full six months of paid parental leave—more time at home. They'll receive more money, over $1,000 a week, now. More people will be eligible, and the scheme is more flexible. Thanks to our changes since coming to government, the Albanese Labor government has more than doubled the entitlement for paid parental leave. It's around $30,000 now.”
“I want to thank the member for Dickson for her terrific question. I know, when she's out doorknocking, which she does a lot of, many families that have received paid parental leave in her electorate raised this with her. One thousand seven hundred parents in her electorate, just last year, received paid parental leave. This morning, as the Treasurer and the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors said, we were out at the Uniting Care Mirinjani—which is a fantastic facility—with Sharon and her team, as well as the member for Bean. Sharon, of course, heads a workplace that is mostly female and that takes care of older Australians when they need it most.”
“The Privacy Commissioner has upheld that his information has been inappropriately accessed, but the Privacy Commissioner has prevented the publication of her detailed report into this issue. It is very concerning because it is apparent that Amex has no reliable way of detecting employees, or preventing employees from, misusing their access to customer data. Roughly one million Australians hold an Amex card. That data is not fully deleted when their cards are no longer used. I raise this issue here because it is important that we have full transparency around issues of privacy such as this.”
“He had been using the Amex card to stalk my constituent. My constituent reported this to the police and to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority—the regulator for financial consumers. After five months, AFCA found that my constituent's privacy had indeed been breached under federal legislation, but it chose not to publish its determination. AFCA concluded, I understand, that Amex produced evidence that Amex had zero controls over its systems. That meant that any Amex employee basically anywhere in the world could access information on pretty much any Amex customer without any real controls and without traceability of who had been accessing those records. This is very concerning. My constituent then went on to complain to the Privacy Commissioner.”
“This is a statement about a constituent who came to my office in August 2022 seeking assistance. He told me at that time that his privacy had been seriously breached and that he had been sexually assaulted. He told me that the person who had assaulted him and breached his privacy worked at American Express, where my constituent had an account. My constituent had met the accused on a dating app. They'd been dating for about 90 days. My constituent ended that contact after the alleged assault, reported it to American Express and to the police and stopped using his Amex card. Two days prior to the alleged assault, I was informed by my constituent that the person who worked for Amex had told him that he knew where my constituent had bought his morning coffee and knew about several purchases he'd made that day.”
“The member for Goldstein, of course, said, 'It's not my choice that women have children. It's genetic.' And now we've got—”
“The actual rate, week on week, is going up, so they'll receive more than $1,000 a week when they're home with their babies. As well, since last year, those parents on paid parental leave have been getting superannuation so that they won't see that big gender pay gap in super. Of course, more people will also be eligible as we increase the thresholds for eligibility. Thanks to this Labor government under this Prime Minister, families will receive almost $30,000 during that six months of paid leave, more than doubling what they were getting under those opposite. But those opposite have always been a bit of a mixed picture when it comes to paid parental leave. The former treasurer Joe Hockey called mothers 'double dippers' on Mother's Day. The former prime minister Scott Morrison called them 'rorters'.”
“It was so lovely to see the member for Canberra this morning with beautiful little baby Joseph. And we had baby Augie and baby Zoe visiting us this morning as well. We were talking about the fact that, in a week's time, from 1 July, paid parental leave will increase again for Australian families. It's hard to remember that, before the Rudd and Gillard governments, Australia was one of the very few developed countries in the world that didn't have a paid parental leave scheme. Labor introduced it, Labor built it and its Labor that continues to expand it. From 1 July, so next week, parents with new beautiful little babies will get more time off with those babies. We're going to that full six months of paid parental leave. They'll receive more money.”
“On this side of the House, we are very clear: cheaper child care, higher wages and lower taxes for working mums, flexibility at work, a lower gender pay gap. And we're for more and better paid parental leave.”
“It's genetic.' Now, the Leader of the Opposition wants to strip paid parental leave from hardworking Australian families who are permanent residents. At the last election I met a lovely family in Parramatta. The mum was a junior doctor at a hospital. The dad had a small business. They'd migrated from India. They were permanent residents. They were on track for citizenship. I don't know why the Leader of the Opposition thinks this family doesn't deserve to benefit from paid parental leave after six years of paying taxes. They're not on a unity ticket on this. They're not on a unity ticket. Senator Andrew McLachlan says, 'There does not appear to be any clear reasoning why hardworking, taxpaying noncitizens should be treated differently.' It's up to the Leader of the Opposition to explain why he thinks they should be.”
“They're almost $16,000 better off since just August 2022 with the election of the Albanese Labor government. Families will also receive more flexibility. Parents will be able to take more time off together, and more people will be eligible as the thresholds continue to increase. Around 180,000 families every year are benefiting, and, when they get back to work, mums and dads will find cheaper child care as well. Those opposite have always been deeply divided about supporting hardworking Australians. We had former treasurer Joe Hockey saying that mums were double dippers. He said that on Mother's Day, you'll remember. Former prime minister Scott Morrison called them rorters. The member for Goldstein said: 'It's not my choice that women have children.”
“I want to thank the marvellous member for Bass for her question. I know that she is a great supporter of paid parental leave because of the terrific use her constituents have made of it. Before the Rudd and Gillard governments, Australia was one of the very few advanced economies that didn't have a paid parental leave scheme. Labor introduced paid parental leave, and Labor continues to build on and expand paid parental leave. People who use paid parental leave will get more time. From 1 July this year, we're going to the full six months of paid parental leave. They'll get more money. We've been increasing the amount that they receive, and, thanks to yesterday's minimum wage announcement, families will now receive almost $30,000 across their paid parental leave.”
“These efforts right now and the further consultation we're doing on the next action plan really build on the $4.4 billion that we have invested as a government to eliminate family, domestic and sexual violence in this country—measures like making the leaving violence payment permanent, launching our first ever standalone First Nations plan on family, domestic and sexual violence with a $218 million investment in the most recent budget, boosting funding for our 500 Workers program by 70 per cent, boosting funding for 1800RESPECT by 40 per cent and funding practical programs that help men, adolescents and children specifically address the risks of violence in our community. Every one of us has a responsibility—every level of government and every one of us as citizens.”
“I think every member of this place has probably heard some really disturbing stories. There's almost $2 billion of debt owed to Australia's children because of people avoiding their responsibilities. Almost 100,000 people on the system have an indicator that shows there has been family or domestic violence in that family. We need to make sure that children get the support they need and that systems like the child support system are not weaponized against victims of family and domestic violence.”
“Right now, in this parliament, for example, we've begun the work to prevent perpetrators of family, domestic and sexual violence from receiving the superannuation death benefits of their victims. I want to congratulate the Assistant Treasurer on that work. We've established an inquiry into the relationship between family, domestic and sexual violence and suicide, and I want to thank all the members of that committee for that work. We have already, as a government, changed our social security system to prevent the weaponisation of social security debts against victims of family and domestic violence. In the most recent budget, we set aside $183 million to update our child support system. We know that the child support system is being weaponized against children and against victims of family and domestic violence.”
“I want to thank the member for Cunningham. People working in family, domestic and sexual violence in her electorate know that they've got someone who has got their back. She has made a huge contribution on this issue. Family, domestic and sexual violence is a problem that's been with us for generations, but it's a problem that is changing all the time. We're seeing evolving threats—like more tech facilitated abuse, more victimisation where the perpetrator and the victims are both under 18, and more choking in intimate relationships. As the threat evolves, we need to evolve our response. That's why the government is consulting right now on our second action plan under the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children. But we're not waiting for these consultations to take action.”
“Of the robodebt royal commission's 52 recommendations, 93 per cent have been implemented, and, for the remaining four measures, work is ongoing; three of those four measures will require legislation. Those opposite came up with an automated decision-making program that was designed simply to raise revenue. It was used to attack the most vulnerable people in our community. There is certainly no way that our government would ever do such a thing that we know resulted in the suicide of Australians who were impacted by this.”
“I thank the member for Curtin for her question. Issues around when and how the government uses automated decision-making are very important for us to grapple with as a parliament because AI is increasingly prevalent right across our society and right across our economy. Of course, we as a government have discussed in a great amount of detail the appropriate safeguards that we need when automated decision-making tools are used in any of our portfolios. Our approach is that in every case there needs to be human oversight of any use of AI. We don't just hand over decision-making to abstract computer programs, as was the case under robodebt, which caused such great suffering for 430,000 Australians.”
“We've introduced 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave. We've already passed legislation that makes sure that our social security system can't be weaponised by the perpetrators of family and domestic violence. This is a challenge for every one of us. It's a challenge for both the Commonwealth government and states and territories to show leadership because, of course, governments have to lead here. Every Australian has the opportunity to make a difference when it comes to family, domestic and sexual violence, and every one of us has a responsibility to do so.”
“That includes very substantial investments like making the leaving violence payment permanent; the $1.2 billion we're putting into thousands of new homes in crisis and transitional housing; the $183 million we put into the recent budget to make our child support system safer; the first standalone plan to tackle family, domestic and sexual violence in First Nations communities, with $218 million in this budget; boosting funding for our 500 Workers program by 70 per cent; boosting funding for 1800RESPECT by 40 per cent; providing really practical work and investment directly into programs that assist men and programs that assist adolescents; and dedicated funding for counselling for children who've been impacted by family and domestic violence, with more than $80 million going into that.”
“Tech facilitated abuse is a new challenge for us. We're seeing rates of violence where both the perpetrator and the victim are under the age of 18 increasing quite dramatically. As our challenges evolve, we need to make sure that we are keeping up to date with the very best evidence and applying it to this problem so that we can truly end family, domestic and sexual violence. No government has done more. We've invested an extra $4.4 billion under this Prime Minister in tackling this problem.”
“Thank you so much to the member for Tangney. I know how passionately he cares about reducing family, domestic and sexual violence. A lot has changed in the last 50 years in the way that we regard issues around family, domestic and sexual violence. Back in the day when we were first discussing whether we should fund refuges, there were people in this place who actually said we wouldn't because that would break up families. We've seen so many advances because of the hard work of people on the frontline, because of the advocates and, of course, because of the actions of successive governments. Last week we launched the next phase of this work with the consultation on the next action plan to reduce family, domestic and sexual violence because, just as we've had many successes, we've also seen a changing environment.”