Rachel Bond reads out the names of victims at a Newcastle Domestic Violence Committee vigil
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00:00We remember Rowan Roome, who was two years old, from Lismore in New South Wales.
00:07Rowan's mother had an apprehended violence order against her former male partner,
00:11who had a history of domestic violence offences against her.
00:14Rowan still had custody visits with his father.
00:18Police are investigating Rowan's murder in relation to his father's suicide.
00:22We remember Rowan.
00:24We remember Rowan.
00:27Please stand for a minute of silence to remember the women killed by violence,
00:31to remember the children and men killed by domestic violence,
00:34and to remember the brave man who died as he tried to protect women from a violent misogynist.