Rosie Batty to back summit call on violence against women

By Michael Gordon
Updated March 4 2015 - 5:13pm, first published 12:15am
Australian of the Year Rosie Batty with Tim Watts, Ken Wyatt and Andrew Broad, who established Parliamentarians Against Family Violence. Photo: Andrew Meares
Australian of the Year Rosie Batty with Tim Watts, Ken Wyatt and Andrew Broad, who established Parliamentarians Against Family Violence. Photo: Andrew Meares
Australian of the Year Rosie Batty with Tim Watts, Ken Wyatt and Andrew Broad, who established Parliamentarians Against Family Violence. Photo: Andrew Meares
Australian of the Year Rosie Batty with Tim Watts, Ken Wyatt and Andrew Broad, who established Parliamentarians Against Family Violence. Photo: Andrew Meares
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is calling for a national crisis summit on domestic violence. Photo: Andrew Meares
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is calling for a national crisis summit on domestic violence. Photo: Andrew Meares
Australian of the Year Rosie Batty with Tim Watts, Ken Wyatt and Andrew Broad, who established Parliamentarians Against Family Violence. Photo: Andrew Meares
Australian of the Year Rosie Batty with Tim Watts, Ken Wyatt and Andrew Broad, who established Parliamentarians Against Family Violence. Photo: Andrew Meares
Australian of the Year Rosie Batty with Tim Watts, Ken Wyatt and Andrew Broad, who established Parliamentarians Against Family Violence. Photo: Andrew Meares
Australian of the Year Rosie Batty with Tim Watts, Ken Wyatt and Andrew Broad, who established Parliamentarians Against Family Violence. Photo: Andrew Meares

Australian of the Year Rosie Batty is poised to back a call by Labor leader Bill Shorten for a national crisis summit on violence against women to be convened by Tony Abbott as a matter of urgency.

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