Rallies have taken place across Australia in response to a wave of recent violence against women.

Demonstrators want gender-based violence to be declared a national emergency and stricter laws put in place to stop it.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the issue was a national crisis.

In Australia, a woman has been killed on average every four days so far this year.

Speaking at a march in the capital Canberra attended by thousands of protesters, Mr. Albanese admitted that the government at all levels needed to do better.