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$3b domestic violence effort has failed: report
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More than $3 billion spent over the past decade on a coordinated national strategy has failed to reduce family, domestic and sexual violence, according to a bipartisan parliamentary inquiry.
In 2009 state and federal officials agreed on a decade-long plan to reduce violence against women and their children, which led to the creation of the Our Watch organisation to prevent domestic violence, the âStop it at the Startâ awareness campaign and national support services such as 1800RESPECT.
On Thursday, Parliamentâs standing committee on social policy and legal affairs published a 471-page review of the plan that concluded it had not cut violence within relationships and against children.
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Tougher penalties for family violence among new recommendations
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Australian political leaders are being urged to embrace new spending and clear targets to reduce violence against women in a report that says past policies have failed to produce sustained results.
The cross-party report calls for tougher criminal sanctions as well as federal measures to make perpetrators pay for the impact of their violence, helping to recover the costs women bear when fleeing dangerous relationships.
The report calls for tougher criminal sanctions as well as federal measures to make perpetrators pay for the impact of their violence.
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