5,000 Domestic Violence Calls to Police Each Week: Assistant Minister

As Australia’s first domestic violence commissioner prepares to table her yearly report on the government’s 10-year national plan, both government and opposition MPs have backed the need for more action to control gender violence. Justine Elliot, assistant minister for the prevention of family violence, claimed over 5,000 calls were made to police each week to report “gender violence.” “For too many women, home is the most dangerous place. The life of a woman is different. We’ve had to see, think, and act differently throughout our entire lives out of fear of violence.” The minister spoke about her government’s policies over the past two years, pointing to the move to legislate 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave....