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| Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten mark white ribbon day – politics live | Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten mark white ribbon day – politics live |
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| 9.11pm GMT21:11 | |
| Grace has a point. | |
| @gabriellechan nothing matters more than immediately restoring funding to Womens Refuges, the rest is empty platitudes #WhiteRibbonDay | |
| 9.09pm GMT21:09 | |
| Tri-partisan support to eliminate violence against women @terrimbutler @SHendersonMP @WhiteRibbonAust #TakeAStand pic.twitter.com/kYoc97eF7o | |
| 9.08pm GMT21:08 | |
| The Labor plan involves five days of paid work leave for domestic violence victims, including for casual workers, who are often women. | |
| If such leave were legislated inside national employment standards, it would be a basic employment right. | |
| Bill Shorten acknowledged many companies already provide such leave. They include Telstra, NAB, Virgin Australia, IKEA and Blundstone Boots. | |
| 9.02pm GMT21:02 | |
| Shalailah Medhora | |
| Social services minister, Christian Porter, has been on ABC Radio this morning, talking about the findings of a study into violence against women. The research will form the basis of a $30m state and Commonwealth-funded ad campaign aimed at changing attitudes. | |
| The campaign is months rather than years away. | |
| When asked about Labor’s proposal to offer five days of domestic violence leave in national employment standards, Porter did not dismiss it straight away. | |
| “All policy ideas should be welcomed in this space,” he said, adding that the policy will need to be given “very considered thought” because of the complexity of the issue. | |
| 8.52pm GMT20:52 | |
| Blame the victim: study to be released this morning in parliament | |
| Daniel Hurst reports on a study to be released today on attitudes to domestic violence. | |
| A study has revealed high levels of victim blaming when Australians are told about cases of girls and young women experiencing disrespectful and aggressive behaviour from their male peers. | |
| The report, to be released by the Turnbull government on Wednesday, said while there was strong community support for ending extreme violence against women, the attitudes that perpetuated the problem were “firmly entrenched” among many adults and children in Australia. | |
| The worrying thing was the tendency to blame the victim. | |
| “Despite this, when asked their perception on why the behaviour had occurred, the response from the majority of influencers (male and female) was to automatically question the role of the female before rebuking the behaviour described,” the report said. | |
| Boys and young men were “fast to externalise the behaviour by blaming others, particularly the female” – a phenomenon researchers said was already present among boys as young as 10. One boy aged in the 15 to 17 category told researchers: “Perhaps the girl is not giving him attention.” | |
| 8.48pm GMT20:48 | |
| Malcolm Turnbull: Not all disrespect of women ends up in violence against women, but all violence against women begins with disrespecting women. | |
| 8.43pm GMT20:43 | 8.43pm GMT20:43 |
| With @larissawaters, @NickMcKim, @SenatorSiewert & @RichardDiNatale marking #WhiteRibbonDay in Parl. #ISwear pic.twitter.com/VWCpSkmYs5 | With @larissawaters, @NickMcKim, @SenatorSiewert & @RichardDiNatale marking #WhiteRibbonDay in Parl. #ISwear pic.twitter.com/VWCpSkmYs5 |
| 8.35pm GMT20:35 | 8.35pm GMT20:35 |
| Good morning friends, Canberrans and country women, | Good morning friends, Canberrans and country women, |
| Today Australians will attend marches all around the country for white ribbon day. In the parliament, the prime minister, the opposition leader and other MPs will attend an annual breakfast to speak against domestic violence. According to the Counting Dead Women project by Destroy The Joint, there have been 78 women killed by men this year. Last year there were 84 women killed. Surely, that awful record will not be broken. | Today Australians will attend marches all around the country for white ribbon day. In the parliament, the prime minister, the opposition leader and other MPs will attend an annual breakfast to speak against domestic violence. According to the Counting Dead Women project by Destroy The Joint, there have been 78 women killed by men this year. Last year there were 84 women killed. Surely, that awful record will not be broken. |
| Last night, Victorian Liberal MP Sarah Henderson broke down as she described the murder of her friend Monique by her partner. | Last night, Victorian Liberal MP Sarah Henderson broke down as she described the murder of her friend Monique by her partner. |
| Three days ago, Monique was murdered by her American partner in the US. It was a deliberate, calculated murder/suicide. Monique had decided to leave the relationship and return to Australia—but she never made it home. | Three days ago, Monique was murdered by her American partner in the US. It was a deliberate, calculated murder/suicide. Monique had decided to leave the relationship and return to Australia—but she never made it home. |
| I do not want to speak about the detail other than to say Monique’s parents Faye and Frank who both live in Corangamite—and her beloved children Sam and Zara—are devastated and shattered beyond words. This is a crime which always happens to someone else; but Monique’s death has shown me that this is a crime that can touch every single family. Our family is devastated by this news—and our hearts go out to Sam, Zara, Faye, Frank, Tony, Jeremy, Sally, Paula, Johnnie and the rest of Monique’s family and friends. | I do not want to speak about the detail other than to say Monique’s parents Faye and Frank who both live in Corangamite—and her beloved children Sam and Zara—are devastated and shattered beyond words. This is a crime which always happens to someone else; but Monique’s death has shown me that this is a crime that can touch every single family. Our family is devastated by this news—and our hearts go out to Sam, Zara, Faye, Frank, Tony, Jeremy, Sally, Paula, Johnnie and the rest of Monique’s family and friends. |
| We have to break this cycle of violence, which in many cases is being fuelled by drugs, alcohol, rage, revenge—and perverse attitudes by men who think it is okay to hurt a woman. We all have a responsibility to educate young people—and Our Watch survey found that one in four young men believe controlling and violent behaviour is a sign of male strength. | We have to break this cycle of violence, which in many cases is being fuelled by drugs, alcohol, rage, revenge—and perverse attitudes by men who think it is okay to hurt a woman. We all have a responsibility to educate young people—and Our Watch survey found that one in four young men believe controlling and violent behaviour is a sign of male strength. |
| I say to all Australians: tomorrow wear your white ribbon, take the pledge and please stand up and speak out against family violence. Monique, you were a beautiful and gentle soul. Rest in peace. | I say to all Australians: tomorrow wear your white ribbon, take the pledge and please stand up and speak out against family violence. Monique, you were a beautiful and gentle soul. Rest in peace. |
| The PM will speak at 8am, Shorten straight up after. I’m @gabriellechan and he is @mpbowers and we will have all that and more today on #politicslive. | The PM will speak at 8am, Shorten straight up after. I’m @gabriellechan and he is @mpbowers and we will have all that and more today on #politicslive. |