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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Kristine Ziwica

Amid all the crisis talks and prevention efforts, 2024 has been a horror year for violence against women

Elisabeth Armitage
NT coroner Elisabeth Armitage says deaths from domestic violence are preventable ‘if we do not look away, and act’. Photograph: Hamish Harty/AAP

On 2 January 2024 the body of 68-year-old Janice Walker was found in her home at the corner of King and Sandy streets in Urangan, Queensland. It’s suspected Janice was killed by her partner, who also ended his own life.

Janice was the first woman to be allegedly killed this year of a total of 98 so far, according to Australian Femicide Watch, which was founded by the journalist and researcher Sherele Moody.

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