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Women’s safety summit to bring national leaders together to tackle domestic violence
A national women’s safety summit will be held in July, as governments and stakeholders work to shape the next national plan to reduce violence against women.
Key points:
- A 12-year plan to reduce violence against women and children expires next year
- The national women’s summit will help shape what the next plan will seek to address
- Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk wanted a national summit to address gender inequality
Federal Minister for Women’s Safety Anne Ruston held a meeting with her state and territory counterparts on Wednesday before announcing the summit would be held on July 29 and 30 this year.
“As part of that summit we’ll be looking at a number of issues that we need to inform the next plan,” she said.
“And making…
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