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Aaron Bunch

National emergency urged for deadly attacks on women

Stop Killing Women rallies have been held across Australia calling to end to violence against women. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Violence against women should be treated as a national emergency, says a senator in the wake of determined protest action across the country.

Hundreds of people braved heatwave conditions in many of the cities and towns where protests were held on Saturday as they voiced a simple yet powerful message: stop killing women.

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