Mum's warning after son is knocked to the ground and savagely attacked by dog. 29 October 2018.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/mums-warning-son-knocked-ground-savagely-attacked-dog-081328763.html

'I thought he was going to kill me': Disabled woman robbed for $50
29 October 2018

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thought-going-kill-disabled-woman-robbed-50-112757202.html

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.