Federation Chamber (part 1 of 3)

8 September 2026

Federation Chamber Australian Parliament

10:02 - 10:05
Speaker 2
I call the clerk. 
10:05 - 10:12
Speaker 3
Government business order of the day number one, resumption of debate on the question that grievance be noted. 
10:12 - 10:16
Speaker 1
The question is that grievance be noted, and I give the call to the member for Braddon. 
10:16 - 10:56
Speaker 5
Thank you, Deputy Speaker.  I'd like to feel bad, apologies.  How many more women?  Four years ago, one of Australia's leading human rights lawyers, Jennifer Robinson, asked that question in her book of the same name, and the question hasn't yet been answered because every year, every week, every hour, the crisis of violence against women continues.  Australian Femicide Watch records that 49 Australian women and 19 children were killed by violence this year, and according to the Lowy Institute, Indigenous women face a disproportionate femicide burden that data systems too often fail to register. 

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