00:00The names of the dead planted on the doorstep of the nation's decision-makers.
00:07How many more families have to suffer?
00:11It's got to stop, and I really think it starts at the top.
00:16All politicians have to wake up. They've got blood on their hands.
00:20117 women have been lost to violence since the start of 2024,
00:26according to event organisers Australian Femicide Watch.
00:3014 of those women died this year.
00:33Today, women from all corners of the country demanded to be heard.
00:38We cry, we cry for help. Nobody listens to us.
00:43Despite a rally in the nation's capital, there were noted absences from the country's leaders.
00:49I don't think there's anyone from either the federal or the territory government here today.
00:54We won't take it anymore.
00:56In Brisbane, women took to the streets.
00:59The point of today is to make one simple request.
01:03Stop killing women. It's f***ing easy.
01:07There were smaller gatherings in Adelaide and Sydney.
01:10Why are there only 100 of us here?
01:13Where are all the loud online women feminists?
01:17Here in Melbourne, organisers have created a visual representation of women's lives lost to male violence.
01:24Over 1,200 names dating back to 2008.
01:29Across the nation, at 14 rallies, there was a unified call for change.
01:34There's just simply not enough money for this problem.
01:37The money they're putting in is piecemeal, it's small, it's spread over years.
01:42We can't stop working to do everything that we possibly can to tackle the scourge of domestic violence in this country.
01:49Support for victim survivors on full display.
01:52For them, actions will speak louder than words.
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