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Australian of the Year Grace Tame said there needs to be more funding and energy put into preventing violence against women.

Tame spoke on the ABC’s Q&A program last night where she said there is a lot of reactivity on this issue but not enough prevention.

She said the work has already been done and that there are evidence-based solutions, with political will being the question at this point.