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Tess Ikonomou

Australia has a 'crisis' of male violence: Dreyfus

Questions are being asked about why the killer at Bondi Junction apparently targeted women. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Echoing the words of anti-family violence campaigner Rosie Batty, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has called on men in Australia to "step up" and stamp out attacks on women.

In a speech to the Family Violence Symposium held by the Federal Circuit and Family Court in Melbourne on Friday, Mr Dreyfus likened the death of more than 25 women this year to an epidemic.

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