WRITINGS ON VIOLENCE

They are mothers, daughters, aunts, nieces, friends and colleagues. They are all someone important,  someone special, someone valuable, someone loved. Every one of them deserves to be home for Christmas, but another human chose to end their lives. As I...

These past few months, it's become even more clear than usual that powerful men with money - and often fame - are using the courts to hide their identities and/or to control their alleged victims.The case of Tom Silvagni has highlighted how fame, money and powerful...

❤️HER NAME IS DAYNA ISAAC! ❤️ 'She was my princess and I just miss her.'Her name Is Dayna Isaac. Paul Jason Sultana murdered Dayna at her home in Penrith, NSW, on January 2, 2023. She was only 28.There's information about Dayna's murder that I cannot repeat here...

❤️HER NAME IS LISA FENWICK!❤️ "If anything happens to me, believe I am of sound mind. I am fearful of Tony."Lisa Fenwick sent this message to her friend. Not long after her partner, Anthony Eriksen, killed her at her home Mascot, NSW. It was April 9, 2023. She was...

❤️HER NAME IS TATIANA (TANIA) DOKHOTARU ❤️ In the weeks after he murdered her, his family and friends bombarded me with messages saying she killed herself.Her name is Tatiana (Tania) Dokhotaru. She was murdered by her former Danny Zayat at her home in Liverpool on May...

This queen is Chaya Dadon.She is recovering from bullet wounds she suffered during the Bondi Beach mass murder on December 14. She suffered the wounds when she used her body to shield two young children from the violent extremist men.A mum begged 14-year-old Chaya to...

❤️HER NAME IS MATILDA❤️ She was patting a baby goat.She was having her face painted.She was eating lollies.She was laughing with her sister.Little Matilda was … existing.Shortly after this photo was taken a man ended her life. A GoFundMe for Matilda's mother is...

Police illegally gave the home addresses of domestic and family violence victims to their abusers via a court document process!The Queensland Police Service case management system, called QPRIME, was automatically inserting victim address details into court forms....

Shakira Robertson was last night awarded the Australian Human Rights Commission Young People’s Award.When her mum Jacqui Lee Purton was murdered, Shakira became the sole parent to her little brothers.She’s helping transform Tasmania’s systemic responses to domestic...

This is part of the statement of the woman who was raped twice by Tom Silvagni.She gave her victim impact statement today - his lawyers are pushing for no jail.We need to stand with her - always.“Tom Silvagni you were my friend. Someone I thought I could trust.“You...

Tom Silvagni is the man the legal system bent over backwards to protect - because his family’s reputation was more valuable than the trauma he subjected a woman to when he raped her - twice.The Silvagni family spent hundreds of thousands of dollars employing the best...

A judge told a domestic violence survivor he would let her abuser 'fight it out' with her when she raised concerns about her former partner repeatedly breaching parenting orders for her young son.The woman has lodged a formal complaint with the Chief Justice of the...