A backlog of more than 150,000 parent visa applications presents some tough choices for the Minister for the Department of Home Affairs.
Parents wanting to migrate to Australia to join their children face ludicrous delays, and if opting for a paid contributory visa, exorbitant fees.
Funding initiatives show an emerging agenda for transformation, recognition of the specificity of temporary migrants’ experiences of family violence, and the need for system reforms.
While it’s positive to see recognition from the Commonwealth government that the existing Family Violence Provision safety net needs changing, piecemeal intervention won’t go far enough to address underlying structural conditions that undermine women’s searches for safety.
We must take heed of what those with lived experiences are calling for in Australia’s policy commitment to end the national crisis of violence against women.
How big does the problem have to be before something is done about it?
The urgency of the risks and issues facing women on temporary visas is dangerously heightened by COVID-19.
A glaring gap in Australia's migration system is failing victims of gendered violence.
To address it, dowry abuse first needs to be recognised as a key form of economic abuse within the broader framework of domestic and family violence.
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