Domestic violence campaigners rally on the steps of Parliament in the wake of Jodie Jewell's death
Jodie Jewell was the fourth woman killed in South Australia in the past week and the sixth nationally. Campaigners are now planning to rally on the steps of Parliament House to call for a Royal Commission into domestic, family and sexual violence in the state.
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00:00 A symbol for change, just metres from where 55-year-old mother Jodie Jewell was shot dead
00:07 inside her Modbury North home.
00:09 The timing is absolutely tragic.
00:12 We had no idea when we took this art project on that it would be encompassing our own backyard.
00:20 The Modbury Civic Park installation was meant to raise awareness of gender-based violence.
00:25 Now it's also a place of mourning.
00:28 Many of the friends and associates of the poor woman who lost her life through domestic
00:34 violence have come to pay their respects and honour the memory of Jodie Jewell.
00:39 Ms Jewell is the fourth woman killed in South Australia in the past week.
00:43 Police have charged three men with murder, while a fourth, Ms Jewell's estranged husband
00:47 and alleged killer, was found dead this afternoon.
00:51 Advocates are now calling for a Royal Commission to investigate domestic, family and sexual
00:56 violence in South Australia.
00:58 There's a family and there's a community that gets impacted by these tragedies, so we can't
01:02 forget the human element in that.
01:04 These homicides are a reflection of this significant social issue in Australia called domestic
01:11 and family violence and we cannot take our focus off this issue.
01:16 53 Australian women have reportedly died this year after experiencing domestic violence.
01:22 South Australia, I think we are seeing an example at the extreme end.
01:29 What we've seen in South Australia, again, these matters will go before the courts, but
01:33 it is disturbing.
01:35 Anti-domestic violence campaigners plan to rally outside Parliament House tomorrow morning,
01:39 calling on the community to take action.
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