The prime minister has called for a 'whole of society mobilisation' to stop violence against women following the death of a young Sydney woman last month.
Domestic violence is a scourge on Australian society and people, particularly men, need to stand up and take responsibility, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says. Speaking before his departure to China , Albanese noted that in the past fortnight multiple women had been murdered by people they knew . "Domestic violence is a scourge, it is a scourge everywhere tragically, it is occurring in a range of every state and territory," he said on Saturday.
" About 50 women have been killed in Australia this year, five of them in the past two weeks. The deaths spanned the nation with women found dead in Perth, Bendigo, Canberra, Sydney, the Hunter region and Aldinga Beach in South Australia. The fatalities included 21-year-old high school water polo coach Lilie James , who died in October from horrific head injuries after being chased into a bathroom at a Sydney private school.
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