Victoria's family violence package
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VICTORIA'S $572 MILLION FAMILY VIOLENCE PACKAGE
INCLUDES
* $152.5 million for 130 new social housing homes and help with private rentals.
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* $122 million to protect children, including reforms to the child protection system.
* $103.9 million for specialist crisis support and counselling.
* $61.6 million to expand the Respectful Relationships program into kindergartens and introduce the state's first Gender Equality Strategy.
* $25.7 million to address family violence in Aboriginal communities.
* $23.9 million to reform the justice system so it protects victims and holds perpetrators to account.
DELIVERS
* 65 of the 227 recommendations from the family violence royal commission.
Source: Victorian government
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