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.
The forgotten people
May 3, 2021
If at all any reminder of the Palestinians’ helplessness in the face of a brutal and inhuman apparatus was needed, it has come in the form of their hindered access to vaccines, as the infection and death rates register phenomenal increase in the Palestinian territories.
Israel’s success in managing to vaccinate a major chunk of its population has been dwarfed by its refusal to help Palestinians with the vaccination.
For Palestinians that work in East Jerusalem with residency status are entitled to vaccination, the Israeli authorities have reluctantly started vaccinating them. As for the West Bank and Gaza, the situation appears to be deteriorating by the day amid a surge in the number of coronavirus cases.
Not forgotten: The startling new revelations about NZ s WWI sacrifice
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By: Clare de Lore.
New research shows that the tally of our dead from World War I is much higher than officially recorded. It s time to end the injustice. By Clare de Lore. They were the walking wounded – some possibly better described as the living dead: men who returned from World War I but who died of war-related mental or physical injuries and illnesses in the years that followed. There is a growing interest in WWI history and finally the stories of many of these mostly single, damaged and often forgotten men have been researched and verified. More than a century after the end of the Great War, an estimated 2000 are missing from the official New Zealand Roll of Honour, which was published in 1924.
Horse racing: Concert Hall earns Sydney shot
5 Apr, 2021 08:56 PM
3 minutes to read Concert Hall has had a roller-coaster year so far. Photo / Trish Dunell
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The forgotten Kiwi raider on the rich Sydney autumn carnival is about to get some high-powered help in her bid to win the Sydney Cup.
Concert Hall has had a crazy 2021, including missing a key race in February after she got away at the barriers and went on a tour of the suburbs of New Plymouth, including galloping through a playground.
Apart from being an equine tourist, she has recorded two sixths in races she went into on the back hoof, the latest behind Melody Belle in Ellerslie s Bonecrusher Stakes on March 13.
Real change will come when institutions that profit from caring for our vulnerable elderly are forced to account, writes Lisa Flynn. There is a famous, heart-breaking line in the Hollywood blockbus