Prime Minister Anthony Albanese: Government, society and men ‘need to do more’ to grapple domestic violence

Anthony Albanese has admitted the government “needs to do more” to grapple with the growing domestic violence crisis in Australia after the death of a woman in NSW’s central west. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has admitted the government “needs to do more” to grapple with the growing domestic violence crisis in Australia. 

It comes as the lives of 25 innocent women in Australia have been cut short, allegedly by a partner, in the past four months alone according to White Ribbon.

And domestic violence advocates say the grim tally “shows no signs of slowing down”. 

Police were faced with devastating scenes in the state’s central west in the early hours of Monday morning when the body of 28-year-old childcare worker Molly Ticehurst was discovered in her Forbes home.

Police will allege Daniel Billings, 29, entered the central west town of Forbes – a town he had been banned from visiting – to murder his former girlfriend Molly Ticehurst in her own home.

Mr Albanese said these domestic murders are happening every week across the nation. 

Molly Ticehurst was found dead at a home in Forbes on Monday morning. Picture: Supplied / Facebook

“Once a week, a woman is dying at the hands of a partner or an ex-partner and that is just horrific, we need to do more,” The Prime Minister said on Channel 7’s Sunrise on Tuesday morning. 

“As governments, we need to do more. As a society, we need to talk about this. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said we need to do better as a government, a society and as men. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

“We need for men and boys to discuss these issues and give support to women who are in this situation, and we need laws to keep up as well.”

He said the government will continue to look into increasing domestic violence funding so victims have an outlet and “don’t feel like they’re entrapped in a relationship.” 

A woman has been found dead in a house on Young St, Forbes, on April 22, 2024. Picture: Tijana Birdjan.

“We need to support increased domestic violence funding for things like housing so that women have somewhere to escape to and they don’t feel like they’re entrapped in a relationship,” he said. 

“One of the reasons why we changed the single parenting payment in this year’s budget was so that women didn’t feel like they had no choice because of finances to escape a violent relationship.” 

Twenty-nine NSW women were allegedly killed by a partner in 2023, with a horrific 1356 incidents of sexual assault, according to the latest NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research data. Anyone impacted by sexual domestic or family violence can access free, 24/7 and confidential trauma-specialist counselling support on 1800 385 578. This service is also available to support networks of victims including friends, family and professionals supporting them.

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