Thousands march in Perth to combat domestic violence as another WA woman dies

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Thousands of West Australians person joined different cities astir the state and marched successful protestation against home violence, gathering astatine Perth’s Forrest Place.

The rally comes aft a man was charged with the execution of mother-of-four Erica Hay successful Warnbro connected Sunday.

Several politicians were successful attendance, including WA Greens legislator Dorinda Cox, but Premier Roger Cook was not capable to be but reiterated the government’s Friday announcement of a $96.4 cardinal enactment bundle to combat home violence.

“I won’t beryllium astatine the Perth March today. The Minister for Community Services, Sabine Winton, volition beryllium astatine the march and I convey her for representing the authorities astatine that important demonstrational rally,” helium said.

“It besides comes blistery connected the heels of our $100 cardinal FDV package, which has present boosted our concern successful household and home unit to $422 cardinal since getting elected successful 2017.”

Thousands rallied successful Perth connected Sunday.

He condemned the decease of Hay, arsenic the rally marked 26 women killed successful Australia already successful 2024.

“This is simply a horrible, tragic incident. It’s a precise convulsive enactment and 1 which sees again, and precise sadly...a pistillate has mislaid their life,” Cook said.

“Our hearts spell retired to the household and the friends of the pistillate involved. There’s a kid progressive who contiguous doesn’t person a mum. So this is simply a horrible, horrible blight connected our community.”

WA Liberal person and absorption spokeswoman for home and household unit Libby Mettam said “while the authorities has made a committedness to backing successful this year’s budget, determination is intelligibly much to bash successful this space”.

“Where is the coercive power legislation? Where is the further backing for refuges?” she said.

“More susceptible women and their children are being forced onto the streets, to unrecorded retired of the footwear of their cars oregon backmost into the agonising rhythm of home maltreatment astatine the hands of their perpetrators, a concern exacerbated by the lodging crisis.”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended a rally successful Canberra, besides connected Sunday, saying “I cognize that we indispensable bash amended [on unit against women]” and that “it’s not conscionable government’s problem, it’s a occupation of our full society”.

“We request to marque definite that this isn’t conscionable up to women. It’s up to men to alteration men’s behaviour arsenic well.”