Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The Greens send our deepest condolences to Hannah Clarke's family, for the loss of Hannah and her three gorgeous little kids, Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey. This act of violence, this murder, has not just shaken my home town of Brisbane; it has shaken the nation. The violent killing of women and children by the people that are supposed to love them is inexcusable. Hannah did everything that she was supposed to do. She left. She filed for a domestic violence order against her ex-partner. She sought help. But this was not enough. The system didn't protect her and her family. They were killed while awaiting a hearing for that breach of a domestic violence order.

We will always remember Hannah, along with the eight other women who have been murdered this year, the 61 women who were murdered last year, and all of the other women who have lost their lives in the past. Too many lives have been ended because our government has not done enough to end the systemic and cultural factors that lead some men to believe that they are entitled to control their partner and their children. I and my colleagues pledge to do everything we can to ensure that domestic violence prevention, support and crisis services are properly funded and resourced, so that we can finally see an end to this national security crisis. And I hope that the victim blaming that we've seen from some of the media outlets and, sadly, from the mouths of some people in this chamber will cease.