– WHO Magazine
“Powerfully peels back the insidious nature of domestic violence. A timely look at an issue ravaging the nation.”
– The West Australian
“An eye-opening series on the horrors of domestic abuse and coercive control. See What You Made Me Do should be compulsory viewing if we are to have any chance of eradicating this insidious and pervasive disease hiding in plain sight.” – The Daily Telegraph
On average, one woman a week is killed by a current or former partner in Australia and most Australians who experience domestic abuse will never report it and their abusers will never be called to account .
Last Mother s Day Breanna West was not a mum. Today the 25-year-old Queenslander is celebrating having three precious daughters the instant family she could only have dreamt of. Multiple births have dropped in Queensland in recent years, but Ms West was just six weeks pregnant when she discovered she was expecting triplets. The Caboolture woman was blown away when she saw three little sacs on her first scan. Isabella, Charlotte and Maisie were individually cocooned in the their mum s uterus, each one with their own umbilical cords and placentas. Fraternal triplets are created when three of the mother s eggs are individually fertilised.
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Shawls provide cultural connection for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women during breast screening
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who attend a breast screening appointment in the ACT today will be gifted an indigenous-designed bamboo shawl as part of an initiative to encourage more women to have mammograms.
In response to a lower breast screening uptake among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, BreastScreen ACT has adapted the Beautiful Shawls Day concept from their Victorian colleagues.
Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith today presented the first cultural screening shawl created by local Aboriginal artist, Kristie Peters.
“These beautiful shawls provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women with a culturally safe and appropriate support when receiving a breast screen. They will help women to feel more comfortable during the screening process and hopefully encourage more women to come forward for a screening,” said Ministe
Alcohol-Free Drinks on the Rise in Australian and Global Markets
Sales of non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beer, wine, and spirit beverages have more than doubled over the past year at BWS and Dan Murphy’s, two of Australia’s major alcohol retailers.
The two major retailers reported a sales growth of 103 percent for the 2020 financial year, which peaked during Christmas in 2019 and July 2020. It also saw a rise in March 2020 when the Australia went into lockdowns due to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.
Adam Fry, general manager of buying and merchandising at Endeavour Group, the company that runs both retailers, attributed the rise to consumers’ new preference.
The forgotten victims of Australia s female killings epidemic
6 May, 2021 02:15 AM
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On Twitter, political hopeful Bethany Williams complained Australia s Prime Minister and his ministers are doing nothing about domestic violence murders. Photo / Supplied
On Twitter, political hopeful Bethany Williams complained Australia s Prime Minister and his ministers are doing nothing about domestic violence murders. Photo / Supplied
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By: Candace Sutton
In the Aussie suburbs right now, are 12 Aussie women, probably living in fear, who won t survive the next three months. Here s why.
Out in the Australian suburbs and currently alive are 12 women who will be murdered by their partners, ex-partners or a male acquaintance over the next three months.