NSW Premier Chris Minns has spoken out after three women were allegedly murdered in domestic violence-related incidents across the state within just 10 hours.
The women, aged 23, 70 and 90, died in three separate incidents in Wagga Wagga, Bondi Beach and Mole River on Saturday.
The first occurred about 11.45am, when a 23-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed at a home on Ziegler Ave in Kooringal, Wagga Wagga.
Paramedics tried to save her, but she died at the scene.
A 18-year-old man was at first arrested nearby but was later released without charge.
Following investigations, a 31-year-old man was arrested at a home on Menzies Ave in the same suburb.
About five hours after the Wagga Wagga incident, a 90-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death inside her Bondi Beach home.
Emergency services were called to a unit on Chambers Ave about 5.15pm, where the woman was found with injuries to her torso.
A 47-year-old man, believed to be the woman’s grandson, was arrested at the home and charged with domestic violence-related murder.
Then, about 9.35pm, a 70-year-old woman was found dead inside a fire-damaged home at Mole River, about 40 minutes west of Tenterfield.
NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane said she was “horrified” by the deaths and said they could not be treated as isolated incidents.
“According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, a woman was killed every 11 days in 2024-25 by her intimate partner.”