The ten-year National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children was launched this week.
It is without doubt an important policy for shaping the actions and priorities of all governments to work across four main areas of prevention, early intervention, response, as well as recovery and healing.
The National Plan states there are key government strategies and policies that need to be engaged to progress this work to address family violence. One significant strategy mentioned is Closing the Gap. The National Plan states, Closing the Gap already has an existing target to address family violence. However, according to the Productivity Commission, there has been no new data on this target’s progress since the baseline year, 2018-19.