WRITINGS ON VIOLENCE

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...

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....

If men are comfortable enough in their sexism, racism and misogyny to post material like this online, there’s 100% no reason for media to hide their identities. But they are.These men are with the Box Hill North Football Club.Their behaviour is so offensive that...

❤️ Donate at www.gofundme.com/f/support-velvets-daughters Velvet Pesu’s daughters need our help.Their mum - an amazing singer, care professional and awesome human - was murdered about 10 days ago at Buccan, Queensland.Velvet is the first Australian woman lost to...

IOne phone call would have saved Amy Bowden’s life.But the man who was with her in her dying moments failed to pick up that phone.Amy died at Redwood Park, Adelaide, on February 8, 2024. She was only 26.Amy’s boyfriend Ethan Ross chose to inject her with...