Surely now Prime Minister Scott Morrison has no doubt about the level of anger over his government's mishandling of the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins and the serious allegations against Attorney-General Christian Porter.
Tens of thousands turned out to express contempt and disdain for a perceived lack of leadership at the highest levels at Monday's Women's March 4 Justice rallies.
About 2000 people in the Hunter joined the national protest to demand action on what has been described as "gendered violence".
The Women's March 4 Justice rally in Newcastle - one of 40 across the country - highlighted the anger that many women feel about how they have been treated for too long. This anger is being channelled into direct political action.
The recent allegations of rape within Parliament House and the federal government's response has prompted a petition for independent investigations into all cases of gendered violence.
Survivors and allies demand justice for gendered violence in workplaces, including Parliament. The petition calls for stronger laws, accountability and more funding to prevent this type of violence.
The rallies have again highlighted that women endure many types of violence, including domestic, financial, emotional, physical and sexual.
To put it bluntly, women have had enough. They've had enough of being treated as sexual objects and they've had enough of being harassed, abused and assaulted.
As well as the need for change at the policy level, men need to take individual responsibility.
Fathers need to do more to teach their sons respect for women. Better education about respectful relationships is needed in schools, as well as the home, at the earliest age possible.
As sexual assault survivor Grace Tame told protesters at Hobart's March 4 Justice rally, "behaviour unspoken [and] behaviour ignored is behaviour endorsed".
Ms Tame, the 2021 Australian of the Year, added that "men are not the enemy, corrupt behaviour is".
As such, change needs to happen in all places, including the corridors of power.
The #MeToo movement shone a spotlight across the globe on the problem of sexual assaults and showed that the culture is changing fast.
Monday's marches continued the momentum of that movement. They highlighted that change is needed across the spectrum when it comes to relationships between the sexes.
To put it bluntly, men need to wake up and show a lot more respect for women.
Particularly the men in the Morrison government, which appears to have underestimated the degree of frustration and anger unleashed when Ms Higgins courageously chose to share her story.
