Urgent action to protect women is a matter of life and death

The list of names goes on. All women. Varying ages. And all calling different communities across Australia home.

• Madonna King
• The New Daily

They are also all dead, the result of frenzied gendered violence. Gunshots. Being chased by a car. Being stuffed into a wheelie bin. Choked to death. Bashed beyond recognition. Stabbed. Set on fire.

It’s hard to write those words. This is not a war zone. This is Australia in 2024, where a woman has died through gendered violence every four days since January 1…

• Urgent action to…