The mother of Alicia Little, who died at Kyneton when she was hit by her partner in a vehicle, is continuing her campaign to establish a national domestic violence register.
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Lee Little last week met with Victorian Attorney-General Jill Hennessy and spoke about her hopes for a national database recording family violence offenders.
Alicia, a 41-year-old mother of four, died in December 2017 after Charles McKenzie Ross Evans ran into her in a Toyota Hilux on the property at which they lived.
Evans was last year sentenced to four years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of two-and-a-half years, after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and failing to render assistance.
There was a history of family violence and on the day of her death, Alicia told her mother she was packing her bags to leave.
Since Evans' sentencing, family members and friends of Alicia have started online petitions in support of a nationwide approach to domestic violence offenders.
Together two of them now have more than 50,000 signatures, but Ms Little says there are other petitions as well.
She lives near Wangaratta and has distributed paper petitions in businesses and organisations in the area, and has friends doing the same in Bendigo and other places around the country.
Ms Little said her meeting with Ms Hennessy was a positive one, and the Attorney-General told her she would take the completed petitions to her federal colleagues.
Ms Little said she did not think the process would be short, and she hoped to collect as many signatures as she could before handing the petitions over.
"If we can just help one family, one woman, one man, to get out of a situation, I'm going to keep doing it," she said.
Ms Hennessy said she admired the courage and determination of Alicia's family in their work on domestic violence.
"We're working closely with the federal government and other states and territories to deliver a scheme that ensures police and service providers have the information they need, while holding perpetrators to account and keeping survivors safe," Ms Hennessy said.
Governments are working to strengthen the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme, which in 2017 made such orders recognised and enforceable across Australia.
If you or someone you know is affected by family violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732. In central Victoria, the Centre for Non-Violence can be reached on 5430 3000. In an emergency, call 000.
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Natalie Croxon
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
