A senseless, excruciating death for a woman who showed power and independence. #violenceagainstwomen #domesticviolence bbc.com/news/articles/…

Usually when u speak abt gendered violence in public, the audience is women. Yesterday No to Violence we looked out & SO MANY MEN. After, abt 5 blokes delivering behaviour change programs across Oz came up to chat Grateful 🥲 for this work men are doing to stop other men hurting women

The family law system is a well-known source of ongoing abuse of women. Change is needed so perpetrators of abuse cannot continue exerting control over victim-survivors and using kids as weapons in this abuse. Heidi Davoren's brave reporting for ABC News: abc.net.au/news/2024-09-0…

My thoughts in Guardian Australia on the National Cabinet's new plan to tackle gender-based violence: reason for hope, but we have to stay vigilant. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Women who seek to protect themselves and their kids are being routinely treated by the family law system as suspicious, faulty and to blame. As Heidi Davoren reports, this plays into the hands of abusers with devastating effect. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-0…

A gorgeous gift brightened my wake up this morning. Aren’t friends wonderful? #orchids

Hands up anyone who has successfully told a 14 to 16-year-old what to do. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-0…

"(S)he didn’t have Alzheimer’s. She just had a husband who hated her." Caroline Criado Perez makes a compelling argument that men who set out to harm women do so out of hate for them. Men who respect and care for women, don't hurt them. #violenceagainstwomen newsletter.carolinecriadoperez.com/p/invisible-wo…

What’s worse than Big Tobacco? Criminal suppliers who sell the same product at a lower price (and with no plain packaging). We’re on the way to not having a legal tobacco industry in Australia. The criminal one is thriving though. Time for a rethink. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-1…

Domestic abuse victims may be rich or poor, educated or uneducated, vulnerable or strong-willed, come from a happy home or a traumatic one. The one thing they all have in common is that they were abused because a skilled and highly manipulative abuser chose to target them.

Some personal news: After many years of trying, I’ve successfully grown one, small tomato. Now we feast.