A psychologist has lashed out at the never-ending cycle of violence against women after a mother was kidnapped by five men and killed in south-west Sydney. 

Mia Findlay, an eating disorder recovery coach, demanded action from politicians on Saturday following the death of the 45-year-old woman.

The mother was bashed in front of her two sons, aged eight and 15, by five men after the group broke into her Bankstown home on Thursday night. 

She was then dragged into an SUV, which was later found burnt-out six kilometres away in Beverly Hills.

A badly burnt body was found inside the car, which authorities believe is the kidnapped mother.

Her son, 8, is in an induced coma after he was beaten with a baseball bat during the home break-in while her eldest was taken to hospital for assessment. 

Ms Findlay, a vocal feminist, called out politicians on both sides of the upcoming federal election for offering empty grievances in the wake of the tragedy.

‘Why aren’t you talking about it?’ Ms Findlay said in a TikTok.

Mia Findlay (pictured), an eating disorder recovery coach, took to social media to question why politicians weren't offering solutions to violence against women

Mia Findlay (pictured), an eating disorder recovery coach, took to social media to question why politicians weren’t offering solutions to violence against women

‘We (women) are 50 per cent of this population. We carry this country with paid and unpaid labor, we vote for you.

‘I know the Labor Party follow me on Instagram – hi. I know various politicians and parties follow me across TikTok and Instagram – hi.

‘We’re so useful to you when we’re useful, but against the backdrop of femicide, nothing in an election cycle.’

Ms Findlay questioned why real solutions to the repetitive violence against women, femicide, weren’t the centre of political debates. 

‘None of you would go so far, especially the men in those positions all across the political spectrum, to actually have the balls to look down the barrel of a camera and condemn this kind of conduct – violent, hideous deaths at the hands of men,’ she said.

‘If I seem angry, I’m beyond angry. I speak to enough women in this country – we are beyond angry.

‘Do you know how lucky you are that we are only asking for allyship and actual solutions and god forbid, courage?’

Ms Findlay’s speech echoed a previous one she made about gendered violence exactly one year ago.

A Sydney mother, 45, was kidnapped in front of her children and stuffed in an SUV, which was later found burnt-out (pictured) with human remains inside

A Sydney mother, 45, was kidnapped in front of her children and stuffed in an SUV, which was later found burnt-out (pictured) with human remains inside

The young psychologist had reached her tipping point after hearing the Bondi mass stabbing which claimed the lives of five women and one man may have been aimed at women.

The theory emerged after the father of the knifeman, Joel Cauchi, admitted his son ‘had a problem with women’.

‘I just burst into tears and usually when I read stories like that, which are constant, I respond with anger but I just felt defeated. Exhausted, defeated,’ she told Daily Mail Australia at the time.

A key focus of Ms Findlay’s urge for government intervention is its response to the deaths of one-punch victims Thomas Kelly and Daniel Christie.

When the boys were killed in Sydney’s Kings Cross, the NSW government introduced harsh lockout laws across the state.

‘I was reflecting something which has always seemed so disproportionate to me, which is the government response to the king hit attacks all those years ago, which literally shutdown our hospitality industry in Sydney,’ Ms Findlay said.

‘They demonstrated they can make change.

‘We were outraged when two young men were just out living their lives and were brutally murdered by men, as we should have been.

‘But since then, and certainly before then, there have been scores of women killed for doing exactly that.

A group of five dragged the mother of two young boys from her home and abducted her (pictured, CCTV of the kidnapping)

A group of five dragged the mother of two young boys from her home and abducted her (pictured, CCTV of the kidnapping)

Neither Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton have offered a solution for gendered violence in the wake of the tragedy (pictured, Mr Albanese and partner Jodie Haydon at a rally against gendered violence in April, 2024)

Neither Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton have offered a solution for gendered violence in the wake of the tragedy (pictured, Mr Albanese and partner Jodie Haydon at a rally against gendered violence in April, 2024)

‘So what’s the difference? What’s the difference?’

A whole year on from the Bondi attack – and speaking on the same issue with little government response – Ms Findlay again broached the topic of the king hit response.

‘When I talk about dangerous indifference, this is what I’m talking about,’ she told viewers on Saturday.

‘If this were happening to men – we don’t even have to wonder what you would all be talking about.

‘Not just talking about but actually implementing change – legislative change, being champions of changing attitudes because we saw what happened when two young men were murdered in Sydney.

‘You shut the whole city down, even at the cost of your precious economy.’

Labor leader Anthony Albanese on Saturday described the Sydney woman’s death as ‘horrific’.

‘This is just horrific. And for the children who witnessed this horrific event, you know, they’ll need a lot of support,’ he said.

Mr Albanese described the woman's death as 'horrific' but made no comment on his government's response (pictured, police at the woman's home)

Mr Albanese described the woman’s death as ‘horrific’ but made no comment on his government’s response (pictured, police at the woman’s home)

‘I think that Australians’ hearts will go out to this family at this difficult time.’ 

Liberal leader Peter Dutton has not publicly commented on the incident.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Mr Albanese and Mr Dutton for comment.

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