Ariel Bombara did what every parent should hope their daughter would do if thrown into a domestic violence maelstrom.

The 27-year-old West Australian fled the family home, with her mother, fearing that her father Mark Bombara planned to track them down and kill them.

Ariel knew her father had an arsenal of guns, including a Glock handgun.

So scared of her father’s murderous intentions, she and her mother sought a police escort to return to their home to collect some belongings.

But Ariel’s determination to protect her mother from her father didn’t stop there. She says she sought a 72-hour temporary protection order; an order she says police did not support.

Ariel’s heartbreaking statement this week – after her father killed two women before turning the gun on himself – should be the impetus for reform that runs beyond guns and high-risk domestic violent offenders.

Ariel Bombara says authorities did not listen to her pleas for help. Photo: AAP

It should also be the catalyst for us to listen to the nation’s young women, whose deaths are driving up the domestic violence murder........

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