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The government has declared ending violence against women as a national priority and will provide $1.1 billion towards safety measures, including new money to protect domestic violence victims and stop workplace harassment.
As part of its womenâs budget statement, which also brings in economic security and health measures, the government will boost funding for domestic violence services by $416.2 million over four years and provide $20.5 million to implement recommendations from Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkinsâ Respect@Work report.
The government has been scrambling to improve its standing among women since the Brittany Higgins rape allegations emerged. Â
Dominic Lorrimer
The domestic violence measures include investing up to $261.4 million over the next two years under a new national partnership agreement to be negotiated with the states and territories, which will bolster frontline family and sexual violence support programs, and builds on
Budget 2021: How did #auslaw fare?
By Jerome Doraisamy|11 May 2021
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has delivered the 2021-22 federal budget. Here’s what lawyers and law firms across the country need to know.
On Tuesday morning, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said that while the Australian economy is recovering well from the age of coronavirus, and has outperformed “all major advanced economies around the world”, the nation is not yet out of the woods.
“There is still more to do. We must secure Australia’s economic recovery,” he proclaimed.
He promised that the budget, delivered last night, would lay out the Morrison government’s plans to secure Australia’s recovery from the pandemic: “Australia’s strong position today is not the result of luck. Australia makes its own luck.”
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