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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DOORSTOP INTERVIEW
ALICE SPRINGS
WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021

SUBJECTS: Visit to Women's Safety Services of Central Australia; family and domestic violence; Housing Australia Future Fund.

LINDA BURNEY MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS

SENATOR JENNY MCALLISTER
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE

ANDREW LEIGH MP
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR CHARITIES


LABOR THANKS AUSTRALIA’S SIX MILLION VOLUNTEERS

National Volunteers Week gives us all a chance to celebrate the organisations working to build stronger and more inclusive communities. Federal Labor is marking the start of National Volunteers Week by thanking the nearly 6 million volunteers across Australia.

ANTHONY ALBANESE MP
LEADER OF THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY
MEMBER FOR GRAYNDLER

JASON CLARE MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
SHADOW MINISTER FOR REGIONAL SERVICES,
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TERRITORIES
MEMBER FOR BLAXLAND

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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DOORSTOP INTERVIEW
BRISBANE
FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021

SUBJECTS: Budget in Reply 2021; Housing Australia Future Fund; domestic violence; Federal election.

JENNY MCALLISTER, SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE: Good morning, everyone. My name is Jenny McAllister, and I'm Labor's spokesperson on the prevention of violence. It's a real pleasure to welcome you all here today and to be here at a service that provides so much help, so much support for women and children in Queensland who are seeking to escape violence. 

TANYA PLIBERSEK MP 
SHADOW MINISTER FOR EDUCATION
SHADOW MINISTER FOR WOMEN
MEMBER FOR SYDNEY
 
LINDA BURNEY MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR FAMILIES AND SOCIAL SERVICES
SHADOW MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS
MEMBER FOR BARTON

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


AUSTRALIAN WOMEN FALL BEHIND AFTER EIGHT LONG YEARS OF THE LIBERALS

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, 10 MAY 2021

SUBJECTS: Christine Holgate; Aged Care; Federal Budget; Australians stranded in India.

PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: Time now for my political panel, Liberal MP Katie Allen and Shadow Assistant Minister for Communities and the Prevention of Family Violence, Jenny McAllister. Welcome to both of you.

JASON CLARE MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
SHADOW MINISTER FOR REGIONAL SERVICES, 
TERRITORIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
MEMBER FOR BLAXLAND 

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 


MORRISON GOVERNMENT BACKFLIPS ON FUNDING CUTS TO HOMELESSNESS SERVICES

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.

ENDS
 
MEDIA CONTACT: LEILA STENNETT: 0436 632 388

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.