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Government Domestic Violence Support Program Under Fire

Almost two years ago the Federal Government announced women’s safety as a national priority, allocating almost $170m over four years to a new program.

The program’s aim was to recruit 500 frontline service and community workers in the family and domestic violence sector.

It was proposed that the funding, distributed across states and territories, would provide 200 workers in 2022-23 and the rest in the years after, however it’s been revealed that only 63 frontline workers have been employed across the country as part of the program.

 Professor Jaya Dantas from the School of Population Health at Curtin University joined Fiona Bartholomaeus, On the Record.

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