Government reaffirms compensation for victims of gendered violence

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The federal government says the findings of a senate inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children will significantly guide its response to domestic violence.

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00:00Probably the frustration we have in this sector is how do we actually get very well-meaning

00:07plans to be put into action to immediately respond to stop the flow of deaths and carnage

00:16that we are experiencing across our communities here in Australia.

00:21I welcome the response, I welcome another standalone action plan for Aboriginal and

00:29Torres Strait Islander women and children, however, action must start to flow now and

00:35we must see a more dedicated and nuanced response from each state and territory in relation

00:42to their policing and justice system responses.

00:46Now policing and justice system responses we know sit squarely within the ambit of state

00:51and territories, but the Commonwealth has a primary role in directing how state and

00:58territory police respond to victim survivors, especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

01:04women and children fleeing the violence, and in that respect I'm talking about tackling

01:09the unconscious bias that is essential at the heart of addressing how we respond to

01:17an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander woman reaching out for help.

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