Grandmother Speaks After Dramatic Alleged Kidnapping.

https://tendaily.com.au/news/crime/a181011vmy/grandmother-speaks-after-dramatic-alleged-kidnapping-20181011

Possessing any object specifically for the purpose of self-defence, lethal or non-lethal, is a criminal offence in Australia. There are many women, raped and/or murdered, who would have been liable to prosecution had they been carrying anything that might have saved them.