{"id":680357,"date":"2026-05-19T07:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/680357\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T07:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:51:11","slug":"nikkita-azzopardis-family-decries-prime-minister-anthony-albaneses-response-to-calls-for-a-royal-commission-into-femicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/680357\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikkita Azzopardi’s family decries Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s response to calls for a royal commission into femicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The brother of a domestic violence victim \ufeffhas decried the response Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gave when he was asked if he would order a royal commission into femicide.<\/p>\n

Appearing on Hit 100.9FM Hobart yesterday, Albanese was asked if his government would take action on a petition with more than 93,000 signatures calling for the royal commission to be ordered.<\/p>\n

He responded by asking \ufeff”what does a royal commission do besides fund lawyers?”<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Prime Minister on Hit 100.9FM Hobart yesterday. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

“There’s calls for a royal commission about everything,” he told the radio station.<\/p>\n

“They deserve justice. The question is, does the royal commission do that?<\/p>\n

“Royal commissions, they’re just processes that take time, cost a lot of money, rather than money going into services.”<\/p>\n

His answer has disappointed Shaun Azzopardi.\ufeff<\/p>\n

“Life’s never the same. You carry on your day-to-day, but it’s like a fake life, in the sense, like it’s not meant to be this way and there’s a lot of things that could have prevented my sister from being killed,” he said.<\/p>\n

Micallef was \ufefffound not guilty because of mental impairment in December last year. He was found dead at the Metropolitan Remand Centre in March.<\/p>\n

\"NikkitaNikkita Azzopardi was found dead in her Melbourne home on October 28, 2024. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

Azzopardi says he feels let down by the legal system and has signed a growing petition calling for a royal commission into the killing of women and girls.<\/p>\n

The petition is calling for an investigation into current laws, systemic failures, police and the legal system, factors of violence, social media and disproportionately higher rates among First Nations women.<\/p>\n

According to the latest government data, a woman was killed by an intimate partner every 11 days in the 2024-25 financial year.<\/p>\n

The petition’s organiser, anti-violence advocate Sherele Moody, said more than 1300 women and girls have been killed since January 1, 2000.<\/p>\n

She has tallied up the number of women killed by men and found 77 were killed in 2025 and 105 in 2024.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. (Getty)<\/p>\n

Azzopardi said he felt the federal government was not taking the issue of femicide seriously.<\/p>\n

“I just think it’s blood on their hands,” he said. \ufeff<\/p>\n

“The question should be back to the prime minister, then. How many more lives is it going to take for it to be taken seriously?”\ufeff<\/p>\n

Questioned about the government’s stance, a spokesperson for the prime minister said it will “consider \ufeffanything that is effective to protect women and their children”.<\/p>\n

“We have ongoing consultation with the sector about the best way to have an impact,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

But until a royal commission is held, Azzopardi believes women and girls will continue to be killed. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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