More than 100,000 women are expected to march in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to demand action in response to allegations of workplace abuse. Follow latest updates
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Many women have travelled from interstate to attend the Canberra rally.
Among them are staff with the Australian Council of Social Service, who arrived from Sydney this morning.
The reality is that these issues, sexual assault, gender-based violence, are pervasive across the community. Women have known that forever. And every time we see another example of where action is not taken, and people are not held to account, what does it say?
Acoss chief executive Cassandra Goldie is in the crowd at the #March4JusticeCanberra rally. Her placard simply says "unstoppable". "The reality is that these issues, sexual assault, gender-based violence, are pervasive across the community. Women have known that forever." pic.twitter.com/jaTPj7Is84
The protest seems to be kicking off in Melbourne as well:
#march4justice thread in Melbourne.
This is a list of names of all the women in Australia killed from gendered violence since 2008. pic.twitter.com/CgcJcqsB8t
Things are getting started in Melbourne/Naarm #March4Justice #EnoughIsEnough pic.twitter.com/KhTkhrYtIV
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