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Rachael Ward and William Ton

Family violence register on cards as rallies begin

Rallies protesting violence against women will be held in nine cities over the weekend. (Darren Pateman/AAP PHOTOS)

Hundreds of marchers have taken to the streets in Ballarat and Newcastle, kicking off more than a dozen national rallies against gendered violence, as politicians ponder a register of convicted family violence offenders in Victoria.

Twenty-six women have allegedly died by male violence in Australia this year, according to Destroy the Joint figures, which equates to a woman killed every four days in 2024.

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