Molly. Hannah. Emma. Tara. Kiera. Chaithanya. Joanne. Alana.

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

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.

And despite the celebrations over coercive control legislation and the calls for increased funding for domestic violence victims, the tally continues to climb.

STOP!

What are we doing here? Or what are we not doing?

When police in Australia receive a report of a domestic violence incident every two minutes, we have to consider this as a national problem, needing a national solution.

We’ve got to stop funding initiatives in dribs and drabs and trying to protect women with a bit of this legislation and a bit of that legislation.

We have to stop talking and saying........

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