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For quite some time I’ve been annoying people with my thoughts about the ‘decline’ in the values of our society, and the scarily slippery slope we’re on - which IMO transfers into respect / disrespect for human life, be it one’s own or that of another."Map shows alleged Ballarat murders of Hannah McGuire, Samantha Murphy part of bigger gendered violence issue.
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'What the hell is going on in Ballarat?'
Many versions of this question, with varying levels of expletives, have echoed across Victoria and Australia in the past day or two.
It is a fair question — the regional Victorian city has been hit by more tragedy and trauma in the past two months than you would expect in a place with a population of around 110,000 people.
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Not just a Ballarat problem
Of the 18 Australian women allegedly killed by men this year, three have died in the Ballarat region.
To put that another way, the lives of 16 per cent of all women allegedly killed by men in Australia this year are believed to have ended in the Ballarat region.
It may sound like an unlikely figure, but the reality is that data shows the rate of family violence in the Victorian town is higher than state and national averages.
In 2021, the rate of family violence common assault in Ballarat was approximately 12 per cent higher than across the state, according to crime statistics.
But these latest events are something new and even more frightening."
Map shows alleged Ballarat murders of Hannah McGuire, Samantha Murphy part of bigger gendered violence issue - ABC News
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" 'Don’t feel safe’:
Outrage grows at deaths of Ballarat women.
Hundreds of people are expected to attend a snap rally in the Victorian city of Ballarat,
as outrage grows about the alleged killings of three local women.
Friday’s
'Enough is Enough' march
has been organised by Sissy Austin."
To cut to the relevant, these days, ‘murdering’ someone has become like throwing out the rubbish !
Governments / legislative bodies need to get very real, very quickly, in how to tackle this problem, and how to restore a genuinely functioning society .
Just my personal opinion.
