Speaking in Bendigo Victoria, the Centre Against Sexual Assault CEO Kate Wright says politicians are using cautious language about violence against women rather than demanding it end.
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00:00 The language has softened. We look at what all of the politicians and the policy makers
00:07 are saying at the moment and they are talking about this terrible problem of violence against
00:13 women. I don't think I've heard anyone from Anthony Albanese through to Mark Dreyfus saying
00:20 we need to end men's violence against women. The outrage that they're expressing is kind
00:28 of, you know, a little bit censored, a little bit moderated and what we don't want is more
00:35 talk because we know what we need to do. We need to see systemic change. Our service is
00:43 in demand. We worked with over 1,300 people last year providing over 16,000 hours of counselling
00:51 and support. We have a wait list for our service. Our funding model has not changed since the
00:58 1980s. It is a shame, thank you. It's a shame and we need government to respond and listen
01:05 to women's services saying what we know people who've experienced violence need.
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