This second yearly report to Parliament provides 30 recommendations for priority activities over the next 12 months to work towards achieving the outcomes of the National plan to end violence against women and children 2022-2032. The report contains case studies of work being done that we must learn from, share and scale to be able to understand impact and outcomes. 

Immediate action is required on:

• the action planning process
• driving coordinated implementation
• informing and overseeing implementation. 

The report identifies the following strategic focus areas:

• embedding lived experience
• children and young people
• men and boys engagement
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
• people with disabilities who experience violence and use violence
• sexual violence
• economic and systems abuse. 

Key findings

• The success of the National Plan to end violence against women and children by 2050 depends on the design, implementation, monitoring and review of the next Action Plan.
• Prevention must begin in childhood. There must be a razor‑sharp and united focus on addressing children’s and young people’s needs. This means centring what children and young people tell us they need, and listen to them about their experiences of change as we implement.