They said they would improve information sharing about perpetrators across different systems and jurisdictions, led by federal Minister for Women Katy Gallagher.

Police ministers and attorneys-general will be tasked with developing options to improve police responses to high-risk and serial perpetrators, while premiers and chief ministers will look to each other for best practice examples on risk assessments and sexual assault responses.

Albanese said they would report back at another national cabinet meeting next quarter. “We will continue to listen and learn from those with lived experience of violence,” the joint statement said.

“We recognise they have intimate first-hand knowledge of services, systems, and structures that are meant to support. They know from experience the weaknesses and strengths of interventions in practice.”

Asked if he thought Australians would be satisfied by Wednesday’s outcomes, Albanese said: “I am satisfied it is a further step forward. Can we be satisfied when a woman is losing her life on average every four days? Of course not.”

“I will be satisfied when we eliminate this as an issue, when we’re not talking about this an issue, where women are not feeling as though they have to mobilise in rallies,” he said.

“I will be satisfied when a parent says the same thing to their daughter that they say to their son when they go out at night. Not, ‘how are you getting home from the train station’, ‘how are you getting home from the bus stop’. Not ‘stay safe’.

“A major objective of this government is gender equity. We are progressing on a range of areas. This is a difficult issue, but I don’t think any of us should be satisfied until we’re not talking [about] these issues.”