Deaths of four women in South Australia prompt calls for royal commission into domestic violence

Embolden SA managing director Mary Leaker calls for a royal commission into domestic violence during a rally outside Parliament House, in Adelaide on Friday. Photograph: Jacob Shteyman/AAP

The deaths of four South Australian women in one week have prompted an outpouring of grief across Australia and calls for a royal commission into family violence.

Hundreds gathered at SA’s parliament house to demand more be done about the “complex and wicked problem” of domestic and family violence.