Portfolio — 3 June 2026

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland used the Appropriation Bill No. 1 2026–27 debate on 3 June to signal the government's commitment to reducing family, domestic and sexual violence, citing at least 21 women and children killed this year through intimate-partner or domestic violence. The centrepiece announcement was a $4.1 million national police training package built around immersive virtual-reality case studies, through which more than 10,000 frontline officers are expected to train [TA-260603-house-804d9cb5f6e1:s164].

The VR-based methodology is notable: it positions the investment as evidence-based rather than conventional training, with the case studies understood to cover coercive control and technology-facilitated abuse — areas where frontline recognition has historically been uneven. Rowland's broader portfolio approach as described in the debate spans policing investments, expanded legal services including a duty lawyer pilot to support access to justice in Federal Court proceedings, and reforms to the Family Law Act — including protections ensuring victim-survivors are not directly cross-examined by perpetrators.

She also referenced work to strengthen privacy regulation across digital initiatives and measures to bolster the integrity of the migration system, signalling the full breadth of the Attorney-General's portfolio in a single budget-debate contribution. The session represents the minister's first recorded parliamentary activity following no recorded contribution on 2 June, and continues the portfolio's sustained focus on gender-based violence as a central legislative and funding priority.