Deliver women's safety initiatives under the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-32 (the National Plan).Funding includes: * $159.0 million over two years from 2023-24 to extend the Family and Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses National Partnership Agreement with state and territory governments and to continue to address service gaps to and support frontline service delivery * $38.2 million to extend the current Escaping Violence Payment (EVP) and Temporary Visa Holders Experiencing Violence Pilot (TVP) to January 2025.
The Government will provide a further $326.7 million over 4 years from 2023-24 (and $19.4 million per year ongoing) to deliver women's safety initiatives under the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-32 (the National Plan).Funding includes:
* $159.0 million over two years from 2023-24 to extend the Family and Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses National Partnership Agreement with state and territory governments and to continue to address service gaps to and support frontline service delivery
* $38.2 million to extend the current Escaping Violence Payment (EVP) and Temporary Visa Holders Experiencing Violence Pilot (TVP) to January 2025. The cost of this proposal would be met from within the existing resourcing of the Department of Social Services
* $33.1 million over 4 years from 2023-24 (and $7.6 million per year ongoing) to continue and expand nationally the Family Law Priority Property Pool program (PPP500) that helps separated couples achieve quick, fair and affordable settlements via a streamlined court process to resolve small property disputes
* $24.3 million over 4 years from 2023-24 (and $5.9 million per year ongoing) to pilot an additional referral pathway for the Support for Trafficked People Program and restructure the program to better meet the needs of victim-survivors, while increasing ongoing funding to address current and projected demand Cross Portfolio |
* $18.4 million over 4 years from 2023-24 (and $5.0 million per year ongoing) to improve safety in international child abduction cases for women and children fleeing violence
* $13.4 million over two years from 2023-24 to extend the Lawyer-assisted Family Law Property Mediation program, assisting separated couples to mediate and reach agreement on property division in family law matters involving small property pools
* $12.1 million over 4 years from 2023-24 to develop and distribute social media resources for young people on consent with advice from an expert advisory group, and to support community-led sexual violence prevention pilots
* $10.0 million over 4 years from 2023-24 to expand the family violence provisions within the Migration Regulations 1994 and support visa holders experiencing domestic and family violence, including secondary applicants for permanent visa subclasses, offshore temporary Partner visa applicants and Prospective Marriage visa holders
* $8.5 million over 4 years from 2023-24 for initiatives aimed at early intervention to prevent domestic, family and sexual violence, including by developing a perpetrator risk assessment framework for frontline service providers, extending the Mensline Changing for Good Service and developing a national perpetrator referral database of services to improve uptake of intervention services
* $6.5 million over 4 years from 2023-24 (and $0.9 million per year ongoing) for the Attorney-General's Department to work with states and territories to strengthen and harmonise sexual assault and consent laws, and for the Australian Law Reform Commission to review justice responses to sexual violence
* $3.3 million over 3 years from 2023-24 to review emergency accommodation services and their suitability for children and to conduct an independent evaluation of the This measure builds on the 2022-23 October Budget measure titled Women's Safety. See also the related payment measure titled Women's Safety - First Nations.