DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSIONER & 500 MORE SECTOR WORKERS UNDER LABOR

Right now, women fleeing violence are being turned away from accommodation and services because of insufficient funding towards sector workers, and the failure to recognise this tragedy as a national priority.

A Labor Government will appoint a Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Commissioner and fund 500 new community sector workers to support women in crisis.

RADIO INTERVIEW, 2CC BREAKFAST WITH STEPHEN CENATIEMPO
WEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021 

SUBJECTS: Women’s safety; Labor’s announcement for a Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Commissioner; Labor’s announcement for 500 new community sector workers.

JASON CLARE MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
MEMBER FOR BLAXLAND

SENATOR JENNY MCALLISTER
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES
AND THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
LABOR SENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES

FIONA PHILLIPS MP
MEMBER FOR GILMORE
 

HOUSING COSTS THROUGH THE ROOF IN GILMORE
 

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 

TELEVISION INTERVIEW, ABC AFTERNOON BRIEFING - MONDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2021

SUBJECTS: Federal anti-corruption commission, IBAC, trust in politics, Glasgow, covid-19 testing to stay at school. 

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

MICHELLE ROWLAND MP 
SHADOW MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS 
MEMBER FOR GREENWAY 

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

 

DOORSTOP INTERVIEW, BLACKTOWN - MONDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2021 
 
SUBJECTS: Prevention of violence against women and children; Housing Australia Future Fund; NBN; climate action.

TANYA PLIBERSEK MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR WOMEN

MARK DREYFUS
SHADOW ATTORNEY-GENERAL

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

SCOTT MORRISON’S CRUEL BROKEN PROMISE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FUNDING

The Prime Minister’s promise of extra funding to fight domestic violence has been exposed as yet another heartless con.

ABC AFTERNOON BRIEFING 
MONDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2021

SUBJECTS: National Anti-Corruption Commission, NSW reopening, Action on climate change.

PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: Time now for my political panel - Liberal MP Katie Allen and Labor Senator Jenny McAllister. Welcome to you both.

5 MONTHS ON AND SERVICES STILL WAITING FOR PROMISED WOMEN’S SAFETY PACKAGE 

Reports today of further confusion and delay in the rollout of the Morrison government’s Women’s Safety package are deeply concerning. 

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
 

VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NEED ACTION FROM THIS GOVERNMENT NOT JUST WORDS
 

The national Women’s Safety Summit has ended but Australian women can’t afford for it to be the end of the government efforts to confront sexual, family and domestic violence.

LINDA BURNEY MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS
MEMBER FOR BARTON

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

FIRST NATIONS VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD ON WOMEN’S SAFETY

 
Labor is joining calls from the sector for a separate national plan for First Nations people to end violence against women and family violence.