WRITINGS ON VIOLENCE

Joel Cauchi murdered Yixuan Cheng, Faraz Tahir, Jade Young, Pikria Darchia, Dawn Singleton and Ashlee Good at the Bondi Junctio Westfield Shopping Centre on April 13, 2024,Yixuan, Jade, Pikria, Dawn and Ashlee were among 105 women lost to violence in 2024. Their...

The disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont is now a major crime, with a suspect identified. Police have stopped short of labelling the crime a homicide. Last year we lost 26 children to violence.Gus was reported missing from his family's remote South Australian...

Two years ago this morning, Samantha Murphy went for a run. She never came home. She was only 51.Sam set out for a run around 7am on February 4, 2024 in an area where many women exercise.It’s alleged Patrick Orren Stephenson murdered Samantha. Sam’s body has not been...

Imagine for a moment, a woman walks down the street late at night wearing a short skirt. She is murdered. People say she was asking for it because she was walking down the street late at night in a short skirt. We can all see this for what it is - victim-blaming.Now...

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...

CW: Contains the name and photo of a murdered Aboriginal woman. A young mum walked into a police station in Queensland last year. She told the officer she was in fear of her life and had nowhere to turn. The officer told her to come back when she had 'evidence it was...

❤️HIS NAME IS OTIS CLUNE!❤️ 'I like going down to the beach and eating fish and chips with tomato sauce.'How can you read these words and think to yourself, his parents were justified in murdering him and his brother?Otis Clune was a little boy with dreams, ambitions,...

❤️HIS NAME IS LEON CLUNE!❤️ Hanging with his mates and exploring the river. Going to school and playing with his brother and his pets.Leon Clune was a happy lad who deserved every opportunity to grow and to be safe.The 16-year-old was murdered alongside his little...

Bayside City Council removed this photo of 16-year-old Zaina Amro from its website because NINE people complained - about her necklace.The necklace is so small you need a magnifying glass to see it is a symbol of Palestine.The photo was on the cover of the council’s...

Australia has lost more than 1300 women and girls to acts of mainly male violence since 2000.Yet there's been no national examination of the systemic failures and cultural attitudes underpinning our femicide epidemic.I am calling on the Federal Government to hold a...

The man who massacred two women, an unborn baby and a man in NSW yesterday has a long history of violence and was facing charges related to his alleged abuse of the young mum-to-be who died at Lake Cargelligo.Julian Ingram - also known as Julian Pierpoint - is wanted...

A male hid in the bushes outside of her home. When the 18-year-old arrived, she stabbed her 11 times with a 20cm knife. She was taken to the hospital in a critical condition and is currently stable.After attacking her in Kew, Victoria on Wednesday, the male took off....