The National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women - Immediate Government Actions April 2009 

April 2009 

The Government’s goal is to reduce all violence in our communities.

Sexual assault and domestic and family violence are among the most pervasive forms of violence.

The Government’s position on domestic violence and sexual assault is one of zero tolerance—one victim of violence is one too many.


Table of Contents

Time for Action
The National Plan
Australia Government Action 
01 Communities are safe and free from violence
02 Relationships are respectful
03 Services meet the needs of women and their children
04 Responses are just
05 Perpetrators stop their violence
06 Systems work together effectively
Priority actions

Acknowledgement

The Government greatly appreciates the efforts of the National Council in producing the Time for Action report and its other publications.

Thank you to Libby Lloyd AM (Chair), Heather Nancarrow (Deputy Chair), Moira Carmody, Dorinda Cox , Maria Dimopoulos, Melanie Heenan, Rachel Kayrooz, Andrew O’Keefe, Vanessa Swan, Lisa Wilkinson and Pauline Woodbridge.

For a full copy of Time for Action, Background Paper and the Cost of Violence report, visit the FaHCSIA website or phone 1300 764 656.


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