Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says there’s no reason for Australia to have a Royal Commission into the Killing of Women and Girls because it is a waste of money.
When two men massacred Jewish people at Bondi Beach last year, Albanese did not say ‘There’s calls for a Royal Commission into everything’.
He said quite the opposite, saying he listened to Jewish leaders and families and supported their calls.
“There’s calls for a Royal Commission into everything,” he told @christiehayes_ this morning on Hit 1009 Hobart.
“What does a royal commission do besides fund lawyers?
My petition for a Royal Commission into Femicide has more than 91,000 signatures. Many of those are from families who have lost a girl or woman to violence. Many are from frontline violence support workers. Many are from community members impacted by male violence.
This is not about ‘wasting money on lawyers’ as the PM claimed. It’s about having a national truth-telling into the one thing that impacts almost every woman and girl in Australia - MALE VIOLENCE.
We make up 51% of the population. We’ve been murdered, raped, abused, stalked, harassed and demeaned for as long as we have existed.
Women deserve to have a national light shone on the violence we endure. We deserve to examine the failures before and after the deaths of the 10s of thousands of women and girls killed in this country.
Families deserve to tell their stories. Professionals deserve to explain how the safety nets are failing women.
We just want the same care and compassion afforded us as other Australians have had afforded them.
Please help me get a Royal Commission into the Killing of Women and Girls - sign the petition (f you haven't already) and share it with your circle. The more voices we get the better chance we have of success!
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