Whilst in the depths of grief, Rosie stood before media packs and said we need to talk about the complex nature of family violence and the system that deals with victims and perpetrators.

In doing so, Rosie was acutely aware of how little she could have said had Luke still been alive.

She was well aware that voice would have been forever silenced if she continued to live a life threatened by the intimidating and manipulative behaviour of her son’s father.

Rosie is deeply sad it took an unimaginable trauma for her to be given that voice – and is determined her son’s death be the catalyst for change. "It's because he has died that I'm a voice, it's given me a voice,’’ she said. "Women can't speak out because they need to protect their children or they've been so damaged and downtrodden and lost all confidence.

"So many of them are still in the position where they're not safe or the children aren't safe and it would make things very, very difficult.'' 

Rosie has since set up the Luke Batty Foundation and much of her time is spent educating others about the myths surrounding family violence and campaigning for change. Appearing at the Royal Commission into Family Violence yesterday, Rosie spoke of the need to stop blaming victims of domestic violence and listen to them.

She said that too often, victims were asked why they didn’t leave or what they could have done to stop abuse happening – but that took the focus off the perpetrator.

Instead, why are we not asking why did he commit the crime? The perpetrator is removed from the conversation and we spend too much time asking questions of victims, and judging. 

We know that women are in danger for up to 18 months after they leave a violent partner and it can take them multiple times to leave a dangerous relationship. Yet when they do, we expect them to leave their homes, seek refuge and come up with their own safety plans. 

Rosie correctly asks, why are we putting the onus on the victims to be safe? Why are we not looking at the perpetrators and holding them to account?