Despite 9 women already killed by violence in Australia this year according to the Counting Dead Women Australia researchers of Destroy The Joint, Labor's latest budget leaves frontline services underfunded.
As stated by Senator Larissa Waters, Greens Leader in the Senate and spokesperson on Women:
"We are still facing an epidemic of men's violence against women, yet Government funding is not matching the urgency required.
"The pittance added to women's safety in last night's budget won't rectify the massive funding shortfall for frontline services.
"Where was the serious investment to keep women safe?
"Frontline FDSV services simply do not have enough funding to cope with increasing demand and are still being forced to turn women away.
"Because of the funding shortfall, so many women escaping violence still can't access crisis or long term affordable housing, legal advice or other supports, and can't begin to recover.
"Last night's budget was a missed opportunity for Labor to give full funding to frontline FDV services and properly fund specialist sexual violence services.
"Renewed national partnership agreements for funding to the states and territories are welcome, but the amount falls short of what is needed to meet demand.
"We can not keep letting women keep being turned away back to violence, or homelessness.
"More Greens in parliament means we can force Labor to act on ending the FDSV epidemic, and keep Dutton out. The LNP's track record on women speaks for itself."
