Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

On indulgence: I associate the opposition with the Prime Minister's remarks. As a Melburnian, when we heard the news that this dreadful murder had happened at Princes Park, I felt the same shock that millions of other people felt, as one who is familiar with this park. My own boy has trained around the very oval where they found Eurydice. It is shocking. It is futile. It was beyond belief. Not again, I thought; not again has a woman been killed in Melbourne—or anywhere in Australia, to that end. Women in Australia have the right to freedom of movement. It is not the fault of women if they choose to walk home from transport to their house. All of this violence is ultimately preventable. We need to tackle the enablers of violence, we need to change the attitudes of men and we should commit ourselves here that nothing is off limits to prevent violence against women or, indeed, any Australian.

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