Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

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Since we marked this day a year ago 74 women have been taken from us.

Sandra Dobrila; Yuko; Heang Kim Gau; Pauline Slater; Charlyze Hayter; Zhuojun (Sally) Li; Khouloud Hawatt; Chloe Jade Mason; Kristy Louise Hunter; Yvonne Beres; Ms Multa; Katie Tangey; Merril Kelly; Lilian Catherine Donnelly; Rachel McKenna; Rachel Moresi; Justine Hammond; Elizabeth Pearce; Kara Jade Weribone; Crystal Beale; Audrey Griffin; Irene Herzel; Cecilia Webb; Czarina Gatbonton Tumaliuan; Louise Hunt; Claire Austin; Thi Kim Tran; Jocelyn Grace Mollee; Kylie Sanders; Kim Duncan; Talulah Koopman; Samia Malik; Caroline (Carlee) Smith; Muzhdah Habibi; Lauren Hopkins; Norma Diana Dutton; Krystel Paul; Pheobe Bishop; Leanne Akrap; Julia Neira Marican; Angela Gauld; Sally Bartlett; Shelley Spinks; Jeanette McIver; Amanda Rahan; Shafeeqa Husseini; Zoe Walker; Athena Georgopoulos and her unborn child; Summer Fleming; Anu; Ali Lauren; Carra Samantha Luke; Diane Harness; Ashleigh Grice; Carolyn Campbell; Ms Chainsaw; Rajwinder Kaur; Jordana Johnson; Lisa Ward; Rhukaya Lake; Irene Selmes; Marcia Chalmers.

And 12 more unnamed women, including those for cultural reasons not named publicly.

These names are women. These were Mothers. Daughters. Sisters. Friends.

These women have been identified by the Red Heart Campaign, and the work of Counting Dead Women Australia researchers of Destroy The Joint. They deserve our thanks for their relentless commitment to remembering these women.

Yesterday I stood in our national Parliament and read these names into our national record, as I have before, and will........

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