Coronial inquests and criminal investigations into the deaths were underway this week while in Queensland police are under fire for mishandling rape and domestic violence complaints.



"The terrible incidents that we've seen reported in recent days confirm for all of us that we still have a long way to travel on this journey of keeping Victorian women and their children safe," Victorian premier Daniel Andrews told reporters on Friday.



"A woman a week across our country is being murdered by a current or former partner. It's not just a Victorian issue, it is a national issue."

One of the four women featured on The Age’s front page was mother-of-three Samantha Fraser whose estranged husband was charged with her murder on Thursday.