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A 39-year-old man has been arrested as Victorian homicide squad detectives investigate the death of a woman in Cobram on Tuesday. Emergency services were called to an address on Campbell Road around 2:15pm where they discovered the body of a 49-year-old woman who is yet to be formally identified. Police say they are working to "establish the exact circumstances around the death". A 39-year-old Cobram man believed to be known to the woman has been arrested. Cobram is on the Murray River about 260 kilometres north of Melbourne. Campbell Road stretches for 9km between the border town's central district and rural properties. Police vehicles remain outside the cordoned off Cobram property where the woman's body was found.(ABC News: Georgina Carroll) The investigation comes after a rise in violence against women that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday described as a "crisis". Mr Albanese told ABC News Breakfast the government would "look at every measure" to stop "horrifying" rates of violence against women in Australia. "The fact that more than one woman per week has died at the hands of someone that they know — whether it's a partner or someone in a relationship — is just completely unacceptable," Mr Albanese said. Twenty-five women have died from gender-based violence in Australia this year, according to data interpreted from Counting Dead Women. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said she had not been briefed on the incident and it was difficult to comment on the incident. "In the broader context, over the course of this year we have seen too many women already in 2024 lose their lives," she said. "They've lost their lives either at the hands of a current or former partner, or they've lost their lives at the hands of a complete stranger who seemed intent on inflicting harm against women — this has to stop" she said. "We know as a government we need to do more … governments around the country need to do more. "We need to look at our programs, we need to look at our systems, we need to look at our legal systems about how we can strengthen the supports for women and that's why I have asked the attorney-general, the minister for women, the minister for the prevention of family violence, to come back to cabinet with what more we can do to build on the substantial work that we have already done here in Victoria." Posted 23 Apr 202423 Apr 2024Tue 23 Apr 2024 at 11:03pm, updated 24 Apr 202424 Apr 2024Wed 24 Apr 2024 at 3:27am'This has to stop', says premier