00:00Grief, tears and anger on the steps of Victorian Parliament.
00:06Stop killing us!
00:08One, two, three, four, we won't take it anymore!
00:12Today hundreds took to Melbourne's streets and across the country to mourn the women and children killed in acts of violence in the last year.
00:19Every time I hear a woman dying it just, it's the least I can do by being here.
00:25Women are being killed at an alarming rate and no one in government seems to care.
00:31The rally started at the State Library before protesters marched through the CBD to Parliament.
00:36In the crowd, Boyd Unwin, whose daughter Katie was murdered by her partner in 2018.
00:42The government's not doing enough, the systems aren't doing enough, the justice system isn't doing enough.
00:47Some protesters demanded tougher penalties for perpetrators of family violence.
00:52No second, third, fourth chances.
00:54Others want better education of first responders and for men to step up.
00:58There are men here too who want this violence to stop.
01:01Say it once, say it again, there's no issues for violent men!
01:05A memorial in nearby Hosier Lane honouring more than 100 women killed was defaced just last week with the words,
01:12War on Men.
01:13The women's names were read out today one by one in a haunting tribute.
01:18Samantha Murphy, 51, Ballarat, Victoria.
01:22Protesters here today say they're frustrated and fed up.
01:25Organisers say 24 Australian women have already been killed this year and that enough is enough.
01:31We are tired, we're exhausted, we're traumatised.
01:34And as dusk fell on Mother's Day Eve, a candlelight vigil was held at the memorial to remember those lost.
01:41We are stressed at the memorial basically now, we find no
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