Australian PM Albanese vows new funding to help women escape domestic violence after homicides rise
Associated PressMELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced new funding on Wednesday to help women escape domestic violence and a crackdown on misogynistic online content in reaction to an uptick in homicides committed by current and former male partners that he described as a national crisis. Albanese said his government would invest 925 million Australian dollars over five years to financially support women and children escaping violence. Since 1990, there had been a 66% decrease in “intimate partner homicide rates” across Australia, the institute’s research manager Samantha Bricknell said. That’s something that Australia needs to be worried about,” Bricknell told Australian Broadcasting Corp. “It is very concerning and understandably the Australian population are very concerned,” she said.
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