Tougher penalties for family violence among new recommendations
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Australian political leaders are being urged to embrace new spending and clear targets to reduce violence against women in a report that says past policies have failed to produce sustained results.
The cross-party report calls for tougher criminal sanctions as well as federal measures to make perpetrators pay for the impact of their violence, helping to recover the costs women bear when fleeing dangerous relationships.
The report calls for tougher criminal sanctions as well as federal measures to make perpetrators pay for the impact of their violence.