A new decade for women's safety? 2021

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Australia's National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children is up for renewal in 2022. It will set the agenda for the next 10 to 20 years on key priorities and investment areas.

Violence against women and children is an ongoing national emergency. It affects every community in Australia, and results in the death of at least one woman a week on average - a rate unchanged during the decade covered by the current National Plan.

After years of campaigning, First Nations women and children will have a specifically developed plan for their communities. It's an acknowledgement by the government that the 'mainstream' plan has silenced the voices and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

But with rates of violence against women increasing and evolving, is there confidence the next plan will do better to deliver safety than the last, and rectify the flaws in process and approaches?

Join Senator Jenny McAllister, June Oscar AO, Anne Summers AO and Verity Firth in discussion on what the next National Plan must deliver.