Turnbull's $100m domestic violence package

What's included in the federal government's $100 million women's safety package.

THE TURNBULL GOVERNMENT's $100 MILLION WOMEN'S SAFETY PACKAGE: WHAT'S IN IT?

* $12 million to trial with states the use of technology to keep women safe, including GPS trackers (with funding to be matched by states and territories).

* $5 million for safe mobile phones and work with the eSafety commissioner to develop a resource package about online safety for women.

* $17 million to keep women safe in their homes by expanding the Safer in the Home program to install CCTV cameras and other safety equipment. Includes a grant to the Salvation Army to work with security experts to conduct risk assessments on victims' homes and to help change their locks.

* $5 million to expand 1800RESPECT, the national telephone and online counselling and information service, to ensure more women can get support.

* $2 million for MensLine, for tools and resources to support perpetrators not to reoffend.

* Up to $15 million to enable Queensland police to better respond to domestic violence in remote communities and for measures that reduce reoffending by indigenous perpetrators.

* $3.6 million for the Cross Border Domestic Violence Intelligence Desk to share information on victims and perpetrators who move around the cross-border region of WA, SA and the Northern Territory.

* $14 million to expand the DV-alert training programme to police, social workers, emergency department staff and community workers, as well as work with the College of General Practitioners to develop and deliver specialised training to GPs across the country.

* $15 million to establish specialised domestic violence units to provide access to coordinated legal, social work and cultural services for women in a single location, as well as allowing legal services to work with local hospitals.

* $5 million for local women's case workers, to co-ordinate support for women, including housing, safety and budgeting services.

* $1.4 million to extend the Community Engagement Police Officers program in remote indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.

* Up to $1.1 million to help remote indigenous communities prevent and better respond to domestic violence.

* $5 million to expand the Safer Schools website to include resources for teachers, parents and students on respectful relationships.

(Source: Prime Minister's Office)


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