FOOTBALLER ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES

FOOTBALLER ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES

A former footballer and prominent business owner is charged with assaulting his ex-partner.Shaun Patrick Edwards faced a court on February 27, charged with aggravated assault and choking, strangling or suffocating.He is also the subject of a domestic violence...
SPORTING SUPPORT FOR CONVICTED RAPIST

SPORTING SUPPORT FOR CONVICTED RAPIST

Jaiden Fidge is one of two men who raped a 14-year-old girl in 2024.Fidge and Riley Glenn Smith – both regional footballers – tricked the teenager into leaving a party so they could assault her.Fidge and Smith faced Geelong County Court this week for a...
‘ALL SHE WANTED WAS TO BE LOVED’

‘ALL SHE WANTED WAS TO BE LOVED’

❤️HER NAME IS KELLY WILKINSON❤️ Every femicide I document shows at least one point where she could have been saved. More often than not that critical moment is when a victim seeks help from police, but they are turned away. The domestic violence femicide of Kelly...
SHE MATTERS MURAL COMES TO BALLARAT

SHE MATTERS MURAL COMES TO BALLARAT

On a rainy day in Ballarat this week, the community joined forces to create a tribute to more than 200 women lost to violence, including Ballarat region women Samantha Murphy, Rebecca Young, Hannah McGuire, Kobie Parfitt, Kathleen Severino, Nina Nicholson, Tracey...
WAS THE DV SUICIDE INQUIRY SET UP TO FAIL?

WAS THE DV SUICIDE INQUIRY SET UP TO FAIL?

For every one woman killed by a current or former partner in Australia, 10 women will die by suicide after experiencing domestic violence. Suicide rates among female rape and sexual assault victims is also high.In November, the Federal Government established an...