STORY: Australian PM joins mass protests against gendered violence
SHOOTING TIME: April 28, 2024
DATELINE: April 29, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:23
LOCATION: Canberra
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the protest in front of the Parliament House
2. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTHONY ALBANESE, Australian Prime Minister
3. various of the protest in front of the Parliament House

STORYLINE:

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has joined nationwide protests calling for an end to violence against women.
   
Tens of thousands of Australians gathered across the country on Sunday to demand action against gendered violence.
   
Albanese joined protesters on their march to Parliament House in Canberra, the nation's capital. Earlier in April, Albanese said that Australia was facing a crisis of violence against women. 

SOUNDBITE (English): ANTHONY ALBANESE, Australia's Prime Minister
"We need to change the culture. We need to change attitudes. We need to change the legal system. But I want us to work together. I want us to work together as a society to build a better Australia. Because an Australia where women and children are safe is a better Australia for women, for children and for men. Thanks very much."

According to the activist group Destroy the Joint, 26 women have been violently killed in Australia since the start of 2024.
   
"Violence against women is an epidemic. We must do better," Albanese wrote in a post on social media on Sunday morning. "Governments need to do better and as a society we need to do better."
   
Speaking at a press conference earlier on Sunday, Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth said that more time was needed to determine the effectiveness of the 10-year National Plan to End Violence against Women. That plan, implemented by the government in October 2022, set a goal of eradicating violence against women within a generation.
  
"The results will take some time to see the change we need to turn things around," Rishworth said on Sunday.
   
Rishworth said she was hopeful that the current national conversation would bring sustained resolve across society.
   
The federal government has dismissed calls for the establishment of a royal commission into domestic violence, instead prioritizing the national plan.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Canberra.
(XHTV)