Aboriginal family violence prevention service Djirra has welcomed the National Cabinet's acknowledgment that men's violence against women and children is a crisis which requires urgent national investment and action at all levels of government.

The announcement Friday, which also included a change in the way community legal organisations are funded, saw the government pledge $4.4 billion in new funding to address the "scourge of gender-based violence" and respond to the Rapid Review into Prevention Approaches.

"Today's announcement builds on our significant investments to date with a comprehensive package in response to the unacceptable and unrelenting rates of gender-based violence we see in this country," ministers Mark Dreyfus, Katy Gallagher, Amanda Rishworth and Malarndirri McCarthy said in a joint statement.

The government says this will include investing in frontline services and initiatives to prevent violence, with $3.9 billion in support for frontline legal assistance services to be delivered through a new National Access to Justice Partnership - with the states and territories.

Furthermore, $351 million over five years from 2025-26 will be allocated for a renewed, five-year National Partnership Agreement on Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses frontline services, which will be matched by states and territories.

Djirra said Aboriginal women are at significantly greater risk of serious injury or death through men's violence than other women in Australia, and any investment made under the package "must be put into frontline services that prioritise women's safety".

"Press conferences and promises do nothing to save Aboriginal women's lives. Real investment in our self-determined frontline services is the only solution," chief executive Antoinette Braybrook said.

She echoed the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service's (VALS) comments earlier on Friday that there was confusion in the announcement about what funding or resources would go to Djirra and other self-determined specialist Family Violence Prevention and Legal Services (FVPLSs).

"We must have details on exactly how and when today's promised funding will be allocated," Ms Braybrook said.

"Responding to big announcements without any detail diverts much needed and already stretched people and time away from the frontline."

She said in the last year, Djirra had made 21 detailed submissions to both state and national inquiries, which they do to keep women safe.

"But the time for talking, and for more reports and reviews, has passed," Ms Braybrook said.

"Governments must act urgently – our women's lives depend on it."

Noting Aboriginal women are 45 times more likely to experience family violence than non-Indigenous women, Ms Braybrook said: "Unless and until sustainable, long-term funding hits the ground, nothing will change, and Aboriginal women and children will continue to be unsafe and in danger."

Speaking on ABC TV, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus - seemingly not aware of the criticism from VALS earlier in the day, where CEO Nerita Waight said the government had "contrived this situation to silence Aboriginal voices" - said the sector welcomed the announcement, which would go a "very long way to meeting the large unmet legal need that we have in this country".

"It will help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services provide more. And it will help the Family Violence Prevention Legal Services which serve Indigenous women in remote Australia," Mr Dreyfus said.

The Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT said on Friday they welcomed the new funding for domestic and family violence services but mirrored VALS' argument that the included legal assistance funding won't allow Aboriginal legal services to increase services to meet demand.

"The ALS welcomes investment to urgently address violence against women and children, but we are still scraping the bottom of the barrel for funding to maintain current services to all clients, including victim-survivors," ALS NSW/ACT chief executive Karly Warner said.

"Today's announcement suggests that we won't be able to reverse current service freezes at 13 courts in NSW, and that the ALS will remain locked into this funding and workload crisis for at least the next five years."

Noting many of the Closing the Gap targets were either going backwards or were not on track, Ms Warner said the government needed to ensure there was legal access for Indigenous people.

"Where are the state and territory contributions? These negotiations are not over, and state and territory governments need to come to the table too," she said.

"Ensuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have fair access to culturally safe legal assistance is the responsibility of all governments, and if any one government drops the ball, we all suffer."

Ms Braybrook said Djirra would never turn anyone away, and noted demand for their services has never been higher, but without long-term and sustainable funding, she said they were "constantly juggling to save lives and avoid funding cliffs looming in front of us".

"More Aboriginal children than ever are being removed into out-of-home care by the state – often as a direct consequence of family violence," she said.

"Djirra will work closely with the Victorian Government to ensure that the new package announced today goes where it is needed most—to Djirra and other specialist family violence services that keep our women safe."