Australians have witnessed a surge in femicides even as women's economic equality continues to improve and experts say this highlights a "missing piece" in the nation's approach to gender-based violence.
The Australian Institute of Criminology found 34 women had been killed by an intimate partner in 2022-23 but that number is believed to have grown in 2024 with Australian Femicide Watch recording 43 deaths in the first six months of the year.
