The Government has responded to the 20 high-priority actions identified in Time for Action.
The Australian Government agrees to act immediately and build on current activities to:
1.1.1. Develop a national primary prevention framework.
1.1.3. Reduce overcrowding in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities.
1.3.1. Support men who oppose violence against women.
2.1.1. Build the capacity of the prevention education field.
2.2.1. Implement and evaluate educational programs that encourage respectful relationships.
3.2.1. Implement reforms as put forward in The Road Home: A National Approach to Reducing Homelessness.
3.3.1. Establish a professional national telephone and online crisis support service.
3.3.4. Ensure children exposed to violence do not have their safety or wellbeing compromised.
4.2.1. Make a reference to the Australian Law Reform Commission to examine the integration of domestic violence, child protection and federal family law.
5.2.1. Establish cooling-off places for men in remote communities.
5.4.1. Fund and deliver a perpetrator research agenda.
The Australian Government agrees to consult with the States and Territories to develop national responses to:
1.1.2. Establish a National Centre of Excellence.
3.2.2. Audit crisis accommodation services for their accessibility for all women.
3.3.2. Fund healing centres for Indigenous communities.
4.3.1. Establish a national registration scheme for domestic and family violence protection orders.
4.3.2. Establish or build on emerging domestic homicide/fatality review processes.
5.1.1. Fund and develop a correctional-facility specific domestic violence program to be tested in Australian prisons.
6.1.1. Ensure Commonwealth, State, Territory and Local government agencies work together to respond to violence against women and establish reporting measures that encourage collaboration.
The Australian Government agrees to further consider to:
1.5.1. Include violence against women as a goal in the National Research Priorities.
4.1.1. Contribute to the development of the proposed draft Convention on Justice and Support for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power.