Ministers responsible for women and women's safety will meet face-to-face for the first time under the new government, with the Commonwealth pushing for an timely implementation of a new national plan.
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The ministers will discuss a new decade-long national plan to end violence against women and children, as well as a commitment to establishing a national plan for First Nations women.
The meeting will be hosted by Women's Minister Katy Gallagher and Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth in Adelaide on Friday.
A timeframe for the new plan, with the former one expiring on June 30, will be a topic of discussion with Senator Gallagher saying she'll push for the national plan to be finalised in September or October.
"That's what we'd be asking the states and territories to consider today," she told the ABC ahead of the meeting.
"It's not like nothing is happen. We're still making progress in terms of services, the rollout of some of the resourcing.
"But we do need to finalise the national plan."
But the new national plan needs to be measurable, with targets to be discussed at the meeting, Senator Gallagher says.
"We have to be able to measure the implementation of this plan in some way," she said.
"We need to listen to (the states and territories) about what their concerns are or areas they think we can measure progress without a problem."
Senator Gallagher also flagged the delivery of a national plan on the gender pay gap within a year as well as finalise the advisory women's economic security taskforce in the next month.
ACT Women's Minister Yvette Berry says the meeting will provide an opportunity for states and territories to commit to joint action.
"This meeting is an opportunity to better collaborate, act and drive a shared agenda," she told AAP.
"I firmly believe that greater opportunities to work together, with clear roles and responsibilities, will maximise the impact of joint action."
Debate has also reignited about safe access to abortion in Australia, which will be another agenda item, after the overturning of legal protections in the United States.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this week ruled out reviving Labor's 2019 policy to require public hospitals to provide abortion services as part of their federal funding arrangements.
The ACT is pushing for all jurisdictions to have accessible abortion services, and for people who become pregnant to be able to decide what is best for them.
"The ACT government believes that all jurisdictions should have policies in place that provide women and people who can become pregnant access to affordable, safe and legal abortion services and the freedom to have control of decisions about their bodies and reproductive rights," a government spokesperson said.
Health Minister Mark Butler and Assistant Health Minister Ged Kearney will also review access to reproductive services as part of a national women's health plan.
"The states determines what they provide through the hospitals and surgical terminations are provided through public hospitals as required," Senator Gallagher added.
"The Commonwealth doesn't dictate what they provide ... noting that the issue (state and territory ministers) raised was about nationally consistent laws for the provision of termination of pregnancy services.
"That's a matter that constitutionally rests with the states and territories."
It comes as the government announced that legislating paid domestic violence leave would be one of its first priorities when parliament resumes on Tuesday.
The proposed laws will allow any Australian worker to access 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave.
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