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Thousands of people have attended vigils around the country for Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon and other victims of gendered violence.

More than 10,000 people gathered at Princes Park, while monuments across Melbourne were lit orange, the colour used by the United Nations to symbolise ending violence against women and girls. Victoria Police assistant commissioner Stephen Leane said police were working to identify people who vandalised an impromptu memorial to Dixon on Sunday night, saying “it would be my joy to see these people charged and brought before the courts” …

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