Hundreds of people marched in Darwin on 1 December to demand awareness and conversations about domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) in the Northern Territory.

Key points from the ABC: 

• The NT government this week passed reforms to domestic violence legislation. 
• It ensured police could get more data to better identify perpetrators of DFSV.
• Hundreds marched through Casuarina Square demanding change 

A number of speakers addressed the audience, which packed out Casuarina Square's food court in the city's northern suburbs. Among those who spoke was Deadly Vision Centre founder Shaun Tatipata. He said men in Darwin's Indigenous community needed to take accountability for the violence being inflicted against Indigenous women, who suffer from the highest rates of DFSV in the country. 

"What isn't deadly about our community at the moment is the violence," he said. "We have a real opportunity to stand up for our women. We can't be silent anymore." 

Sports broadcaster and former AFLW player Abbey Holmes also attended, saying the rally was an important opportunity to "make noise around stamping out domestic violence". 

"Just looking at the number of people who came out in force today — men, women, kids — there were so many people on that march, it was really special to be a part of it." Ms Holmes said she hoped the marches could help "open a dialogue" around ways to reduce domestic violence rates in the community. 

"I think domestic violence is traditionally not been something that men have spoken about openly in the past." 

"We need to band together to help stamp out domestic violence and that starts with conversations."

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