It's been a horrid 10 days of male violence across Australia. The murder of a woman yesterday in Ferntree Gully, Victoria, reinforces how far we are from ending this epidemic.
A woman was found critically injured in a home in the morning. Paramedics did their best to save her but it was to no avail. A man known to her is in the custody of the Homicide Squad.
She is the 46th Australian woman killed this year. Last year we lost 79 women to violence - the year before 106 women were killed.
The level of exhaustion and rage for many women is high right now and we have every right to feel this way. Today, I ask you to be kind to yourself and do take the time to disengage for a while if that is what you need.
Every death is documented at AustralianFemicideWatch.org. Please share the petition so we can get more signatures and make change for women. You can support my work and the Memorial to Women and Children Lost to Violence and Australian Femicide Watch. You can donate or grab a RED HEART t-shirt! 100% of money raised funds the Memorial and Australian Femicide Watch.