WRITINGS ON VIOLENCE

Talon Jai-Grace Hehir was only 8.5 months old when she suffered critical injuries at her home in Frankston on June 20, 2019. She died that evening in hospital, surrounded by her family and cradled by her mum Kayla Hehir.

Clementine Wilkes was killed by Tiffany Wilkes, 54, at a property in Kenmore Hills, Qld, on September 29. Wilkes ended her own life. Clementine is the 19th Australian child lost to violence this year.

Her name is Amira Moghnieh. She was only 30 years old. Her former partner Ahmad Hodroj on on July 5, 2023, in Bexley, NSW.

Her name is Kelly Williams. She was murdered on February 27, 2002, in Hawthorn, Victoria. She was only 31.

Her name is Annette Brennan. She was killed by her male housemate Stephen Fleming in Coolaroo on July 2, 2024. She was only 67.

Police officer and proud mum Katie Saunders died by suicide three years ago.
As her partner and fellow police officer, Stephen Calcutt, hugged her daughters at her funeral, he was preparing to abuse them.

Alexander George O’Sachy is linked to the deaths of two children and two women.

Gerard Henderson has subjected many women to years of torment, including shooting a partner. Yet it is the courts that protect him – not his victims!

Sierah Swepstone went on Married at First Sight 2025 expecting to be connected with a man who would respect her, treat her kindly, love her and never expose her to trauma. What happened is abhorrent.

Lindy (Kimmy) Lucena was killed in Ballina, NSW, on January 3, 2023. She was only 64 years old.

Mel Cooper was handcuffed to a desk in the police station muster room by her colleagues.

On September 6, 1971, Clifford Cecil Bartholomew murdered Heather Bartholomew and her children, Roger, Neville, Christine, Sharon, Helen, Gregory and Sandra; and Winnis and Daniel Keane. Then he got a new family.