The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
Minister for Social Services
Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Member for Kingston
The Hon Robyn Cahill OAM
Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence
Minister for Children and Families
Minister for Child Protection
Member for Port Darwin
The Albanese Labor Government is partnering with the Northern Territory Government to boost funding for frontline critical family, domestic and sexual violence services in the territory.
Both governments have reaffirmed their shared commitment to ending gender-based violence in the Northern Territory through the renewed five-year National Partnership Agreement on Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses.
Under the plan, both governments will deliver more than $13 million in funding in total for frontline and targeted family, domestic and sexual violence services.
This brings the total Australian Government investment under the National Partnership to nearly $20 million for the Northern Territory since 2022.
Minister for Social Services, Amanda Rishworth, said the renewed partnership demonstrates the strong commitment of all governments to ending gender-based violence in Australia in one generation.
"Ending gender-based violence in one generation will only happen if all governments across the country work together in partnership and combine our efforts," Minister Rishworth said.
"Longer-term funding recognises the importance of funding stability for frontline services and demonstrates our shared commitment to people impacted by family, domestic and sexual violence in the Northern Territory and the services that support them.
"We do not accept any level of domestic and family violence, and by working in partnership with the Northern Territory government we will drive safer outcomes for First Nations women together."
The NT Government's Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence, Robyn Cahill, welcomed the announcement saying "with the incidence of domestic, family and sexual violence in the northern territory occurring at seven times the national average funding support from the Federal Government is critical.
"This partnership delivers much needed funding to front line service providers who work to support victim-survivors of domestic violence. It will also assist as we work to address the root causes of this scourge on our community to break what at times seems a relentless cycle of violence," Minister Cahill said.
The renewed FDSV National Partnership will deliver over $700 million across all jurisdictions in new, matched investments from the Commonwealth and states and territories, supporting frontline FDSV services, including specialist services for women and children impacted by FDSV, and men's behaviour change programs.
An additional $1 million will also be used for an independent evaluation of the renewed FDSV National Partnership.
