SENATOR PENNY WONG
LEADER OF THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY IN THE SENATE
SHADOW MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
LABOR SENATOR FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SENATOR JENNY MCALLISTER
SHADOW CABINET SECRETARY
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE LABOR LEADER IN THE SENATE
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
LABOR SENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES
 

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DOORSTOP INTERVIEW
BRISBANE
SATURDAY, 8 MAY 2021
 
SUBJECTS: Andrew Laming; cuts to domestic violence support services; single parent home loan deposit announcement; Australians stranded in India; death of an Australian permanent resident in India.

STEPHEN JONES MP 
SHADOW ASSISTANT TREASURER 
SHADOW MINISTER FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES AND SUPERANNUATION
MEMBER FOR WHITLAM

SENATOR JENNY MCALLISTER
SHADOW CABINET SECRETARY
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE LABOR LEADER IN THE SENATE
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
LABOR SENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES


WAITING FOR SUPER REFORMS IS HURTING VULNERABLE FAMILIES

Women and children at risk of family violence should not have to wait another day for the Government to make good on its promises to help them escape.

For three years the Liberals have promised to make Australian Tax Office data on superannuation accounts visible during separation proceedings. 

For three years they failed to deliver, despite a blizzard of reannouncements.

Without these reforms, spouses can continue to hide their super assets and skip out of a fair financial settlement.

This situation has already disadvantaged thousands of women, who typically have half the super of their spouses or no super at all.

Six Ministers have now promised to make ATO data available in proceedings and all have failed to follow through.

Current Minister for Women’s Economic Security Jane Hume is the latest to tell vulnerable women she will get the scheme up and running.

But her pledge to get it done by the middle of the year is looking like yet another letdown. 

There is no draft legislation and nothing to suggest the Government is ready to move on this simple but important reform.

Financial dependence is the number one reason why many women stay in abusive relationships.

They cannot afford to wait any longer for the Government to get off its hands and do what it promised three years ago.

SENATOR JENNY MCALLISTER
SHADOW CABINET SECRETARY
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE LABOR LEADER IN THE SENATE
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
SENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES 
 
 
WOMEN FLEEING VIOLENCE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE IGNORED THIS BUDGET
 

The Morrison Government must extend funding for essential domestic violence services when Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivers the Budget on 11 May.
 
Whether it be safety and violence prevention services, housing and homelessness services, or legal services, the Morrison Government has consistently failed to deliver the support that is required to keep Australian women and their children safe.

SENATOR JENNY MCALLISTER
SHADOW CABINET SECRETARY
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE LABOR LEADER IN THE SENATE
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
SENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES 

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TELEVISION INTERVIEW
ABC NEWS AFTERNOON BRIEFING
MONDAY, 26 APRIL 2021

SUBJECTS: Scott Morrison’s hotel quarantine failures, slow vaccine rollout, need for an injection of urgency and ambition for domestic violence response. 

SENATOR JENNY MCALLISTER
SHADOW CABINET SECRETARY
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE LABOR LEADER IN THE SENATE
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
LABOR SENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES 

SENATOR NITA GREEN
LABOR SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND
 
 

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DOORSTOP INTERVIEW 
CAIRNS
WEDNESDAY, 21 APRIL 2021

SUBJECT: Domestic and family violence.

Labor welcomes the Fair Work Commission’s decision to accelerate its review of paid domestic violence leave – and once again calls on the Morrison Government to support this important change.

SENATOR JENNY MCALLISTER
SHADOW CABINET SECRETARY
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE LABOR LEADER IN THE SENATE
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
SENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES 

 
 
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TELEVISION INTERVIEW
ABC NEWS AFTERNOON BRIEFING
MONDAY, 12 APRIL 2021

SUBJECTS: Australia Post; Vaccine Rollout. 

SENATOR JENNY MCALLISTER
SHADOW CABINET SECRETARY
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE LABOR LEADER IN THE SENATE
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
SENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES 


WOMEN’S SAFETY MINISTERS MEETING A MISSED OPPORTUNITY 

Yesterday’s Women’s Safety Ministers meeting was an opportunity for the Morrison government to show that they are listening to women and their advocates.
 
Sadly, reports from the meeting suggest that this is another opportunity they have missed. 

SENATOR JENNY MCALLISTER
SHADOW CABINET SECRETARY
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE LABOR LEADER IN THE SENATE
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
SENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES 

WEDNESDAY WILL SHOW IF THE MORRISON GOVERNMENT IS SPIN OR SUBSTANCE ON WOMEN’S SAFETY AND EQUALITY

ANDREW GILES MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR CITIES AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
SHADOW MINISTER FOR MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
SHADOW MINISTER ASSISTING FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP
MEMBER FOR SCULLIN

SENATOR JENNY MCALLISTER
SHADOW CABINET SECRETARY
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE LABOR LEADER IN THE SENATE
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
SENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES 

TIME TO SCRAP CRUEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE PARTNER VISA TEST

The Morrison Government’s cruel English language test for partner visas is wrong and must be scrapped.