Dr Anna Cody
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first heard Jul 2026
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Policy change as well.
While the ending violence payment that the government announced in its most recent budget is a one-off and welcome response, it's not enough.
We need to change some of the ways in which social security gets measured.
So
Assuming that income is shared in a family or in a couple is a wrong assumption.
That doesn't happen in violent relationships.
Income is not shared.
And we also know that the unemployment benefit is absolutely insufficient.
So for any woman who's got children over 14, then she's stuck with the unemployment benefit and that is not a living support system.
So that needs to change.
So some of the ongoing supports within the social security system need to change in order to support women leaving violent relationships.
We've seen that one of the best ways of reducing domestic and family violence in First Nations communities is to involve First Nations women and First Nations men and communities in designing the measures that are needed.
So, for example, we've seen in just reinvestment projects in Marangooka, in Bourke,
a reduction in domestic and family violence by 30% in that community.
Those are the sorts of holistic responses that the national plan is supportive of.
It's recognising the handing over of some of that control and ensuring that First Nations communities and First Nations women are instrumental, are at the centre of design.
We need to do more research on what actually works for behaviour change.
What we want to see is behaviour change.
We need to understand what is it that we actually need to do to stop that homicide.
Absolutely.
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