A two week consultation is a government tick-a-box exercise

By Tom Ravlic

January 17, 2022

Anne Ruston
Families and social services minister Anne Ruston. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)

A 75-page strategy for a 10-year plan to deal with violence against women and children paper was released on Friday. Individual women, women’s rights groups and other concerned stakeholders have been given 17 days to respond to the vision.

This deadline was announced on Twitter last Friday by senator Anne Ruston, the minister overseeing the policy areas of families and social services and also women’s safety.

“Every woman and child has the right to a life free from violence and abuse. The new national plan to end violence against women and children 2022–2032 is our pathway to achieve this.

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