IMPROVING how authorities deal with domestic violence across state borders would be the next challenge, Albury-Wodonga’s White Ribbon Day march heard on Wednesday.
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Acting Superintendent David Cottee said although final orders related to domestic violence could be registered interstate, interim orders were different.
"It's time we break down that barrier and move forward with registration of interim orders across states so that they're enforceable at all times," he said.
"We need to protect victims, we need to protect the families of victims and we need to move forward.
“It's an issue that transcends borders, transcends cultures.”
Albury’s Crystal Black, one of about 120 people who took part in the joint Albury and Wodonga marches to the Porta sculpture, applauded these words.
Miss Black later told The Border Mail she had experienced domestic violence in Queensland both as a child and an adult.
"Numerous times I had busted ribs, I had guns pointed to me, I had knives taken to me," she said.
"You go to a point when there's something inside you that says enough is enough and you snap."
She said it was important to raise awareness of domestic violence through events like White Ribbon Day.
“To stand up and fight for the women who can't speak out and unfortunately for the women who have passed because their husbands have killed them," she said.
About 80 people met in Wodonga Place and nearly 40 at St Ives to walk separately to the central meeting point.
Members of the public, some pushing a pram, walking a dog or holding a child’s hand, joined police and community service workers for the Border’s contribution to the national campaign.
All recited the oath led by White Ribbon ambassador Mark Byatt that vowed, "I will stand up, speak out and act to prevent violence against women”.
Senior Sergeant Chris Parr, of Wodonga, said the community needed to take ownership of this issue.
“We need people, as you are here today, to stand up on behalf of all victims and speak out and act," he told the crowd.
"Statistics show that at some time, my two daughters face a real chance of being victims of domestic violence. This is worrying and frightful to me as a dad."