As we close out 2024, there are a lot of things to celebrate, but it’s also a time of reflection. Advocacy group ‘Counting Dead Women’ pouts the number of women killed by gendered violence in 2024 at 78. In 2023 that number was 64. Earlier this year, the Australian Institute of Criminology reported a 28 per cent increase in domestic violence homicides. Despite what appears to be an increase in public discussion and advocacy around the issue, the numbers continue to rise. And the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics says the Christmas and New Year period is often when domestic and family violence spikes.