Confidence in meaningful outcomes from Women’s Safety Summit

Q. The National Summit on Women’s Safety was held on September 6-7.

The main objective of the event was to guide the development of the next National Plan to end violence against women and children. Experts, advocates, service providers, and people with lived experience were brought together to explore issues faced by women and children experiencing violence in Australia.

How confident are you that the National Summit on Women’s Safety will result in meaningful changes to address violence against women and children in Australia?

Q	Total	Gender		Age Group			Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	Labor	TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Very confident	14%	18%	9%	21%	17%	4%	12%	16%	17%	13%
Fairly confident	24%	23%	26%	29%	24%	21%	24%	29%	24%	19%
Not that confident	32%	31%	33%	24%	29%	41%	35%	31%	29%	28%
Not confident at all	16%	16%	16%	10%	12%	25%	17%	14%	18%	22%
Unsure	14%	12%	16%	16%	18%	9%	13%	10%	13%	18%
TOTAL: Confident	38%	41%	35%	50%	41%	24%	36%	45%	40%	32%
TOTAL: Not confident	48%	47%	49%	34%	41%	67%	51%	45%	47%	50%
Base (n)	1,100	539	561	341	374	385	367	389	103	145

• Fewer people are confident that the recent National Summit on Women’s Safety will result in meaningful changes for women and children in Australia. 38% are very or fairly confident changes will happen, while 48% have less confidence.
• Just 9% of women say they are very confident that the summit will result in meaningful changes, compared to 18% of men.