{"id":13998,"date":"2021-11-24T08:11:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T08:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=13998"},"modified":"2021-11-24T08:11:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T08:11:26","slug":"governments-dv-commission-is-more-about-optics-than-womens-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/11\/24\/governments-dv-commission-is-more-about-optics-than-womens-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Government\u2019s DV Commission is more about optics than women\u2019s safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Greens say the government\u2019s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission is an inadequate response to the women\u2019s safety crisis that is more about politics than it is about serious action to protect women.<br \/>\n<strong>Greens deputy leader and spokesperson on democracy Senator Larissa Waters said:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThe fact that this announcement was rushed out late last night just ahead of Labor\u2019s own almost identical plan shows that this is more about optics and politics than it is about making a meaningful effort to protect women.<br \/>\n\u201cDelegates at the Women\u2019s Safety Summit could not have been clearer \u2013 affordable, accessible crisis, transitional and long-term housing is fundamental to the safety of women and children. There is a massive shortfall in housing that is preventing women escaping abuse.<br \/>\n\u201cWomen are being forced to choose between violence or homelessness. A new commission might win the government a couple of headlines, but it won\u2019t put roofs over women\u2019s heads.<br \/>\n\u201cAdditional funding to frontline workers and support services is always welcome, but if we are serious about ending violence against women and their children, a much bigger investment is needed. The government needs to listen to the sector and commit $12 billion to the next 12-year National Plan.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greens say the government\u2019s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission is an inadequate response to the women\u2019s safety crisis that is more about politics than it is about serious action to protect women. Greens deputy leader and spokesperson on democracy Senator Larissa Waters said: \u201cThe fact that this announcement was rushed out late last &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/11\/24\/governments-dv-commission-is-more-about-optics-than-womens-safety\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Government\u2019s DV Commission is more about optics than women\u2019s safety&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}