27/06/2016
BROKEN PROMISE? No announcement yet from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on funding for women’s refuges and front line services.
Women around Australia listened to the Liberal National Coalition Party Campaign Launch today with hope. Our hopes were dashed. There are just a few days left for Malcolm to make good on his promise. WEL CALLS ON YOU to send a message to the PM, Senator Michaelia Cash and your local member to fund women’s refuges.
Email: [email protected] OR [email protected]
In his launch speech the PM talked of the right to live without fear of violence and that his first announcement on becoming PM had been on eliminating violence against women.
Did an announcement follow? YES
Was it about funding for women’s refuges and front line services? NO
It was a $64m commitment to crack down on the trafficking of illegal fi****ms by criminal gangs. Good but not much use to thousands of women and children fleeing domestic violence and needing shelter.
In May, WEL wrote to the PM asking him to commit $1billion over 5 years ($200m p.a.) to the Women and Children’s Safety Program (WCSP), to provide women’s refuges and other front line emergency support services for women and their children escaping violence.
The Commonwealth contribution to WCSP would be $200 million a year, or just 2 cents a day. To highlight this, WEL launched its campaign, asking people in the community to urge political leaders to spend the 2 cents a day needed to fund women’s refuges and other frontline services.
In his letter to WEL on 15 June Tony Nutt (National Campaign Director for the Turnbull Coalition Team) wrote that ‘The Coalition will make further announcements about specific funding for domestic Violence initiatives, including frontline services, before the election.’
Last week there was a Liberal media release saying, ‘The Turnbull Coalition is resolute in its commitment to ensure women and children are safe in their homes, safe on the streets and safe online.’
www.liberal.org.au/…/coalition-boost-domestic-violence-fron…
This $15m announcement was detail about part of the $33.3m ($100m over 3 years) already announced in the Federal Budget. It will go to the 1800RESPECT helpline; a housing innovation fund to provide safe accommodation for women and children; financial counselling and capacity building and access to microfinance; and innovative and collaborative service delivery between specialist family violence service providers and health and social services providers
Not good enough from our feminist Prime Minister.
BROKEN PROMISE? No announcement yet from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on funding for women’s refuges and front line services.
Women around Australia listened to the Liberal National Coalition Party Campaign Launch today with hope. Our hopes were dashed. There are just a few days left for Malcolm to make good on his promise. WEL CALLS ON YOU to send a message to the PM, Senator Michaelia Cash and your local member to fund women’s refuges.
Email: [email protected] OR [email protected]
In his launch speech the PM talked of the right to live without fear of violence and that his first announcement on becoming PM had been on eliminating violence against women.
Did an announcement follow? YES
Was it about funding for women’s refuges and front line services? NO
It was a $64m commitment to crack down on the trafficking of illegal fi****ms by criminal gangs. Good but not much use to thousands of women and children fleeing domestic violence and needing shelter.
In May, WEL wrote to the PM asking him to commit $1billion over 5 years ($200m p.a.) to the Women and Children’s Safety Program (WCSP), to provide women’s refuges and other front line emergency support services for women and their children escaping violence.
The Commonwealth contribution to WCSP would be $200 million a year, or just 2 cents a day. To highlight this, WEL launched its campaign, asking people in the community to urge political leaders to spend the 2 cents a day needed to fund women’s refuges and other frontline services.
In his letter to WEL on 15 June Tony Nutt (National Campaign Director for the Turnbull Coalition Team) wrote that ‘The Coalition will make further announcements about specific funding for domestic Violence initiatives, including frontline services, before the election.’
Last week there was a Liberal media release saying, ‘The Turnbull Coalition is resolute in its commitment to ensure women and children are safe in their homes, safe on the streets and safe online.’
www.liberal.org.au/latest-news/2016/06/21/coalition-boost-domestic-violence-frontline-services
This $15m announcement was detail about part of the $33.3m ($100m over 3 years) already announced in the Federal Budget. It will go to the 1800RESPECT helpline; a housing innovation fund to provide safe accommodation for women and children; financial counselling and capacity building and access to microfinance; and innovative and collaborative service delivery between specialist family violence service providers and health and social services providers
Not good enough from our feminist Prime Minister.
