Australia news LIVE: PM announces $925m investment to support people leaving violence; Qantas app data breach investigated

This afternoon’s headlines.

By Jewel Topsfield

Thank you for following our live coverage today. We will be back at 7am tomorrow.

To recap, the main headlines today were:

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced $925 million will be allocated from the budget to support women to leave violence.
• The government will ban deepfake pornography as part of a suite of online measures to help combat toxic male extremist views about women.
• Bruce Lehrmann is considering an appeal against a landmark decision dismissing his defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.
• Treasurer Jim Chalmers says India is a good friend of Australia despite the 2020 expulsion of two of their intelligence operatives for being members of an elaborate “nest of spies”.
• Donald Trump has been fined $US9000 ($13,900) for repeatedly attacking witnesses in his hush money trial
• Australia and South Korea have agreed to collaborate in blocking North Korea’s access to funding for its illicit nuclear and missile development.

Victorian premier calls for states to better share information on family violence offenders

By Wendy Tuohy

Premier Jacinta Allan has called for better information sharing between the states to create a national response to violence against women, which has allegedly claimed the lives of 28 women in 2024.

Allan told a family violence forum held live by ABC radio in Melbourne that she had met senior police who had expressed support for creating a register of family violence offenders.

She said, however, that introducing measures such as closer monitoring of family violence offenders and offender registers was complex because they required interstate co-operation.

The chief justice of the Federal Circuit and Family Court, Will Alstergren, has called for a national database of orders in place relating to family violence.

Meanwhile, Victorian Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said changes to bail laws had not reduced police powers to arrest people who broke bail conditions.

Patton said last year there were 54,000 breaches of intervention orders.

But he said police cannot dictate how men related to family safety notices or intervention notices and that there was a need to get behavioral change for men to stop “thugs” disrespecting safety notices.

Independent MP Zoe Daniel told the forum the federal government’s responses to violence against women on Wednesday had not been enough, and that there was no extra funding for housing or front-line services meant there was little help beyond crisis support.

NSW Premier Chris Minns’ father dies after heart attack

By Alexandra Smith

NSW Premier Chris Minns’ father, John, has died in hospital after suffering a massive heart attack.

In a statement, the premier said: “To the end, he was surrounded by love and family with his wife and children by his side. We thank the NSW paramedics and all the nurses and doctors at St George Hospital, who gave our dad great care this week.”

The statement said the Minns family had been “very moved by all the messages of support over the last few days”.

Airservices boss resigns after eight years

By Amelia McGuire

Transport Minister Catherine King has revealed the head of the country’s air navigation body has resigned after eight years at the helm.

Jason Harfield will leave Airservices Australia in June.

The government-owned body employs the country’s air traffic controllers and has been grappling with insufficient staffing levels since flying resumed after COVID-19, which has resulted in an increase in delays and cancellations attributable to air traffic control.

Airservices is also responsible for the country’s aviation firefighters, which recently ended a bitter enterprise agreement negotiation for better pay and conditions.

“In his time as CEO, Jason has supported the continued high standard of safe, efficient and effective delivery of

SDGs, Targets, and Indicators in the Article

1. Which SDGs are addressed or connected to the issues highlighted in the article?

• SDG 5: Gender Equality
• SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

2. What specific targets under those SDGs can be identified based on the article’s content?

• Target 5.2: Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres.
• Target 16.1: Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere.

3. Are there any indicators mentioned or implied in the article that can be used to measure progress towards the identified targets?

• Indicator 5.2.1: Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls subjected to physical, sexual, or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months.
• Indicator 16.1.1: Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by sex and age.

Table: SDGs, Targets, and Indicators

Copyright: Dive into this article, curated with care by SDG Investors Inc. Our advanced AI technology searches through vast amounts of data to spotlight how we are all moving forward with the Sustainable Development Goals. While we own the rights to this content, we invite you to share it to help spread knowledge and spark action on the SDGs.

Fuente: smh.com.au

Join us, as fellow seekers of change, on a transformative journey at https://sdgtalks.ai/welcome, where you can become a member and actively contribute to shaping a brighter future.