Australians protest violence against women

SYDNEY, Apr 27 — Hundreds of people protested in Australian cities today, demanding more be done to stop violence against women.

At events in Sydney and Adelaide, demonstrators carried banners saying “no excuse for abuse” and asked the government to step in and prevent violence that has claimed dozens of lives already this year.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese backed the protests and vowed to march at further events planned for tomorrow.

“A woman has been killed every four days so far this year,” he posted on social media.

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“Tomorrow I will walk with women across Australia to say enough is enough.”

“Governments need to do better, men need to step up and as a society, we must do better.”

The issue of violence against women has come to the fore in Australia after a spate of high-profile murder cases and a knife attack on a Sydney mall that left five women dead.

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On Thursday police arrested former Home and Away actor Orpheus Pledger, after he allegedly failed to appear in court to face charges of assaulting a woman.