'THIS IS A NATIONAL CRISIS'

EXPERTS SAY MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO STOP OFFENDERS

-  Brigid Auchettl

Collecting a passport, dropping off groceries, spending time at home. These were the simple final acts of just three of the many Australian women killed this month at the hands of men known to them.

According to statistics cited by Our Watch, the nation’s leading organisation for the prevention of violence against women and children, one woman a week is killed by a partner or former partner.

Patty Kinnersly, CEO of Our Watch, tells New Idea violence against women is a “national crisis” in Australia.