Have Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott forgotten about cases like Jill Meagher's? What happened to Jill Meagher revolted the nation. SARAH Langston was having a good day until a man brutally smashed her to the ground just a few hundred metres from her home. It was last July and she was on her way to Kelly's on King, an inner-Sydney Irish pub, for a beer with her fiance. She had just run home to change her clothes and was on her way to the bus stop. The couple had reason to celebrate: Ms Langston had just been offered a new job. And then about 8pm a man assaulted her. Just as Jill Meagher was two months later and Sharon Siermans - a mother of a four-year-old boy - was in May. "He just ran at me from behind," Ms Langston told news.com.au. The incident has had a deep impact on her feelings of security ever since, she said. It was very, very violent. Sarah Langston, now 29, was violently attacked last year. Thankfully, she managed to fight off her assailant, who has never been identified. The spate of assaults over the past year has worried women and men - including Ms Langston and her now-husband. But despite the widespread discussion these incidents triggered, Ms Langston, a 29-year-old preschool worker, is confused. She wants to know: Why haven't we heard Kevin Rudd or Tony Abbott talk about violence against women this election campaign? I have not heard this issue being talked about which is really bizarre when you see how this dominated our thinking culture and our media in the past 12 months. It's concerning that such a massive issue is not actually being picked up and talked about it and it should be. After 10 minutes of terror, Ms Langston managed to fight off her attacker and her screams raised the alarm of nearby residents. Now she has issued a public call-to-arms. She wants whoever is elected Prime Minister to call a meeting of the Attorneys-General from every state to urgently discuss strengthening rape laws. Her call - a petition on website Change.org which has garnered more than 35,000 signatures - has won the backing of Edith McKeon, Jill Meagher's mother. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has placed the matter on the table for the next meeting of the Standing Council on Law and Justice in October. A spokesman for the federal Liberal Party said a Coalition Government would establish a Standing Council on Law, Crime and Community Safety where it would "encourage the States and Territories to adopt consistent penalties and sentencing for crime such as rape." Ms Langston said if she met Mr Rudd or Mr Abbott she would probably look them in the eye and ask how their wives, daughters and sisters felt about the issue. Never mind me, never even mind the children, but the women they love and care for. Do they care enough to actually do something concrete? It's not just about being safe on the streets, it's about being safe everywhere.