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Today, 10am, King George Square
Please join us! Today, 10am, King George Square. I’ll be there early with kiddo, to help people make signs to get their message out there. We need the government to understand how much their actions are NOT okay: Cutting funding to DV shelters 👎 Cutting funding to the Vulnerable Persons Unit in Queensland Police 👎 Letting cops arrest victims instead of perpetrators 👎 Allowing violent men…
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The Socialists have reached Queensland, and here's how they plan to help you!
This week, I found out the Victorian Socialists, spearheaded by Jordan Van Den Lamb (aka Purple Pingers), have made it to the sunshine state. Yayyyyy! As they launch their campaign to build an official political party in Queensland, like the one they have down south, I have joined with gusto. I mean, founding members like me pay only $10 a year, which I can actually afford omg. But I also…
Adolescence "uncovers" the misogyny and violence that women have been talking about for decades
I forgot to post this one in March when I drafted it! Everyone, pretend you already saw it in March! 😅 Image source: compilation of stills from Adolescence on Netflix Netflix’s popular new 4-episode show, Adolescence, is being hailed as a masterpiece in unveiling incel culture in young boys. And I agree, it is a brilliant performance by talented actors, and it is well-filmed, with each hour…
Family Court cases you have to read to believe: Josey & Meibos
The Family Court of Australia has made some really odd decisions in the past decade, which it uses as precedents when making decisions now. There are a long list of cases that will blow your mind, and today, here’s just one of them. In Josey & Meibos [2009] FMCAfam 470, the Family Court harshly reprimanded a mother when she changed her kids’ school to try to keep herself and her children safe…
Why does it take so long to become a teacher in Queensland?
We continue to have a teaching shortage in Queensland – see the stats below… And I’ve got some big suggestions for how the Queensland Department of Education can encourage and enable people to become teachers. Specifically, people like me, who already have degrees and decades of work experience. These are career-changers who want to become mature-aged student teachers. So I’m going to talk…
1 in 3 Aussie men admit to abusing their partner
New research released by the Australian government has found that more than 1 in 3 average Aussie men freely admit to having committed domestic violence against their partner. It proves what many women in Australia have known for years – even if it’s “not all men”, it’s more than 1 in 3. And that is just the men who are happy to say, yep I’m committing violent acts against against people I…
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We love Queensland teachers and hope their strike wins them the world
I’m so proud and happy for all the teachers and educators and staff who are on strike today across Queensland. It’s their first strike since 2009, and it’s well and truly needed. Teaching has become a physically and mentally impossible job in this state over the past 50 years, and they deserve everything they’re asking for! (Scroll down to see the needs they’re asking for from the Qld…
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Election: What political parties did when 4 women died in one week in Australia
Horrifically, during 2025’s Australian federal election campaign cycle so far, 4 women have died in one week (see Women’s Agenda). A 45-year-old woman was murdered and her two young children grievously injured in Sydney. Louise Hunt (42 years old) was allegedly murdered by her husband in Geham, Queensland. Kim Duncan (65) was shot in her own living room. And Claire Austin (38), who died in…
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The Better Blokes podcast is the Aussie version of Andrew Tate, but less intelligent
If you’re ready for a hilarious and engaging listen this weekend, start with Pod Like A Girl’s breakdown of the charity fails by “The Better Blokes” podcast. You can listen to Pod Like A Girl on all the podcast apps, or visit the website to listen to it there: Pod Like a Girl: 07. Why are the Australian podcast bros crashing out? With Rach McQueen Or you can watch this important conversation…
Women killed by men in 2025: Australia's horrific femicide epidemic continues un-checked by police, courts, and politicians in power
Every 4 days in Australia in 2024, another woman was murdered by a man. In addition, men were responsible for killing people of colour, children, people throughout the gender and sexuality spectrums, disabled people, and more. Just like I did in 2024, I want to record the names and tributes to the woman who have been killed by men in 2025. I don’t want to forget them. My goal, as a writer, is to…
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Aussie kids say Family Court was meant to help but "they did the opposite"
I just read the most heartbreaking message from 41 children who have been ignored and unheard when going through the Family Court of Australia. One, 15-year-old said they felt “squashed”. I just had to do what I was told and be quiet and suck it up, even if it wasn’t what I wanted. Two sisters were ordered by the court to spend time with their father, even though they told the court they…
How Channel 9 normalises domestic violence against women in MAFS Australia
MAFS on Channel 9 is actively promoting domestic violence by showing it on screen and having their male “relationship expert” call it fine. It’s not fine. They think their show is funny entertainment, but it’s not funny. We are in an epidemic of DFV in Australia, with a man killing a woman every 4 days. Some of the men in this show should be in jail. But they’re not. They’re on free-to-air…
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Books every Australian man should read in 2025
In 2024, men in Australia murdered 101 women, more than twice as many as the year before. Here are the books every Australian man should read in 2025 to understand men's violence against women, and create systemic change.
Welcome to 2025. It’s harder to say “happy new year” when you remember that 101 women were killed by men in 2024 (Femicide Watch Australia, 2024). It might not sound like a huge number, until you compare it to the 46 women who were killed by men in the 2022-23 financial year (AIHW, 2024). Men killing 101 women in 12 months is horrific because it is a doubling of violence against women in…
The famous Lidia Thorpe speech to King Charles (a fabulous day in the colony)
I was delighted to see First Nations Senator Lidia Thorpe call out the current King Charles, and here's why it's so important. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land, air, and waters. #firstnations #monarchy #commentary
Always was, always will be, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land, air, and waters. So I was delighted to see First Nations Senator Lidia Thorpe call out the current King Charles… and disgusted to see mainstream media reporting it as “angry woman attacks 80-year-old man with cancer”. Senator Thorpe is a Gunnai, Gunditjmara, and Djab Wurrung mother, grandmother, and advocate. Senator…
Police Fail 64 Australian Women Killed By Men in 2024 So Far (October: National Domestic Violence Awareness Month)
My tribute to the 64 women killed by men so far in 2024. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and most of these women were killed by violent men they knew, violent men in their family, and/or violent men they had bravely left. #dv #dvawareness
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and as you know, in Australia, we have been in a femicide epidemic since 2022. Every 4 days in Australia, another woman is murdered by a man. Usually a man she knows. Usually a First Nations woman, or a disabled woman, who are both attacked and murdered at much higher rates than others. This matters. It matters so much. No one deserves to be…
Laws that silence victims of DV and SA in Queensland
The incredible Grace Tame recently did an interview on the podcast The Imperfects, and it reminded me all over again that we need to keep talking about this. Thank you, Grace! It may be 2024, but in Australia, most states and territories still do not allow victim-survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence to speak the truth. Vulnerable people are silenced by the very legal system that…
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Mum jailed for not picking up the phone, and other weird ones from the Family Court of Australia
In my research into Australia’s domestic violence epidemic, I’ve found an endless list of cases in Australia where parenting orders have been used as a blunt instrument to punish mums who were trying to keep their children safe from domestic violence and other crimes. Apologies that the language about the parents in this post is mostly gendered (“mum”, “dad”, etc.). I could have said “parent A /…