The Women's Safety Summit represents an opportunity for all governments and decision makers to listen to victim-survivors and their advocates. State and territory governments are committed to playing our part in working to address family, domestic and sexual violence. For years the Commonwealth's contribution to national gendered violence efforts has fallen short of what is needed to address the scale of the problem. It is time for the Commonwealth to step up to its responsibility, and act on the issues that are within its capacity to change. We support calls from advocates for long term solutions. In the short term, there are changes we require right now. This includes: More investment in housing for women escaping violence
More funding for legal services for victim-survivors
Action to support women on temporary visas who are fleeing violence
Sustained funding for frontline services
