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625       National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022‑2032                                                                                   To prevent family, domestic and sexual violence, and reduce the incidence and impact of such violence, including by:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) developing prevention measures and strategies in coordination with the States and Territories and non‑government organisations; and
                                                                                                                                                               (b) supporting and assisting women and children who are at risk of, or are victims of, such violence, including by providing legal, medical, housing, financial and other support; and
                                                                                                                                                               (c) funding measures to address the drivers of such violence; and
                                                                                                                                                               (d) funding measures to change attitudes and behaviours that support or condone such violence; and
                                                                                                                                                               (e) funding prevention, early intervention and response measures targeted towards perpetrators of, and people at risk of using, such violence, including measures to:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) assist them to change their violent and controlling behaviour; and
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) provide them with accommodation and other types of support in order to reduce the impacts of that behaviour on women and children; and
                                                                                                                                                               (f) training students, workers and volunteers to enable them to:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) provide to women and children who are at risk of, or are victims of, such violence the assistance and support mentioned in paragraph (b); and
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) provide to perpetrators of, and people at risk of using, such violence the assistance and support mentioned in paragraph (e); and
                                                                                                                                                               (g) targeting prevention of such violence against, and reduction in the incidence and impact of such violence on, the following groups:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) women and children;
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) LGBTQIA+ people;
                                                                                                                                                               (iii) people with disability;
                                                                                                                                                               (iv) people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds;
                                                                                                                                                               (v) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; and
                                                                                                                                                               (h) supporting education initiatives aimed at preventing such violence and at being in healthy and non‑violent relationships; and
                                                                                                                                                               (i) supporting and disseminating research into such violence, including research into:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) the drivers and prevalence of such violence; and
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) attitudes towards such violence; and
                                                                                                                                                               (iii) interventions that reduce the incidence and impact of such violence.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution); or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) with respect to census and statistics; or
                                                                                                                                                               (c) with respect to aliens (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xix) of the Constitution); or
                                                                                                                                                               (d) for the provision of, or incidental to the provision of, medical services, or unemployment, pharmaceutical or sickness benefits (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution); or
                                                                                                                                                               (e) with respect to Indigenous Australians and particular groups of Indigenous Australians; or
                                                                                                                                                               (f) with respect to immigrants; or
                                                                                                                                                               (g) to give effect to Australia's obligations under one or more of the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of