Amanda Rishworth on how Labor is tackling gender-based violence – podcast

This Monday marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Guardian Australia’s political editor, Karen Middleton, speaks with the federal minister for social services, Amanda Rishworth, about the situation in Australia, whether things are improving and what’s being done to safeguard funding for services against future changes in government.

They talk about how perpetrators use the social welfare system to punish former and current partners, and how First Nations-designed services are helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who are disproportionately affected by gender-based violence