Every woman has a story about men either hurting them or making them uncomfortable or scared of being hurt.
Too many women are being hurt and killed. Children grow up seeing it. It’s time we actually face the issue and investigate what is contributing to the problem, and what can and must be done to help.
My dear friend, Elaine Pandilovski age 44, was one of the many women who have been murdered by a current or former partner. Her son at age 12 was left to be raised by his elderly grandmother. He has autism. That was in 2020 and things have only gotten worse since. There is deafening silence from both sides of politics on this issue. Where’s our national day of mourning? Where is the action on this? If you are silent you are complicit. These deaths are PREVENTABLE!!!! DO something NOW!!! Why the hell are people who have histories of violence and DVOs out on them getting bail? Why don’t sentences match the crime? Where have we failed women during the justice process? There was outage at the Bondi terrorist attack and I expect the exact same level of outrage and action on this. Governments have blood on their hands.
I am a new migrant who calls Australia home and I recognise the hurt of colonisation. Therefore I support to have a different date to celebrate a united Australia which is inclusive of older and newer inhabitants of this beautiful land.
We as a culture need to stop placating misogynistic abusers, rapists, traffickers, and exploiters with a shrug on the shoulders, a pat on the back, and a “boys will be boys” attitude. And we as a culture do not have to let people profit off their crimes nor should we profit off their crimes. On behalf of all survivors of abuse, rape, trafficking, and exploitation please end the Tate Brothers platform for profiting off of their sexual crimes. Thank you.
We in the Bega Valley have lost homes due to fires, rising rental house prices, home ownership is too expensive for most and holiday rentals have taken the place of residential rentals, and when people are trying to find ways to resolve these issues, council sets laws that make it impossible and keep people struggling! Would the members of council prefer people sleeping in their cars and under bridges? It seems so. Obviously too narrow minded to be open to new solutions and ways forward for people in the Bega Valley.