Male Violence

Emma Bates has been remembered as a “proud aunty” who had “the biggest heart” after her body was found inside her home in Northern Victoria. 

Victorian woman Hannah McGuire, 23, had reportedly sought help from police two weeks before she was allegedly murdered by Lachlan Young.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has said there is a crisis of male violence in Australia, labelling it a “scourge” that must be stopped. 

A snap rally in Ballarat will be held tonight to remember the lives of three women who were allegedly murdered at the hands of male violence this year.

When a man kills a woman, our culture asks us to paint a different picture, to make excuses, to justify what happened.

Five women in Australia have been killed in the last ten days, as calls for stronger action against domestic violence grow louder.

A horror start to October has seen eight women killed in ten days. Six were killed at home and in seven cases the person charged was known to the victim.

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