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'Unacceptable': Sexual Violence Reports at 33-Year High
The commission says more than two-thirds of the plan’s goals cannot be tracked and warns funding still favors crisis response over early prevention.
- On Wednesday, Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin tabled her third annual report to Addressing Parliament, warning that national efforts to end violence against women and children are failing to meet the necessary scale or pace to save lives.
- Reports of sexual violence have reached the highest level since national recording began 33 years ago in Australia, while the Sexual Violence Commission identified the family law system as a "site of ongoing weaponisation and harm."
- Australia recorded 39,758 victims of sexual assault in 2025, a decrease of less than 1 per cent from the previous year, while Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek noted Labor has invested more than $4.4 billion into tackling gender-based violence.
- Addressing Parliament, Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek acknowledged Labor's actions but cautioned "we can't mistake progress for success," emphasizing the need to shift from responding to violence toward addressing its underlying conditions.
- The Sexual Violence Commission urged governments to maintain sustained attention over "episodic" responses, citing "misogynistic content influencing young people" as a key concern amid gaps in tracking the national plan's progress.
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