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Grace Crivellaro

Ley laments domestic killings as 74 women dead in 2025

The horrors of domestic violence have been laid bare with the names of women killed read out. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

It took almost three minutes for the opposition leader to read out the names of the 74 Australian women killed in domestic violence attacks so far in 2025, up from 60 in the previous year.

Liberal leader Sussan Ley continued her tradition of honouring each woman in a powerful statement in parliament on the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

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