Tag: White ribbon
Kylie signs up
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
Murdered mum put her name to anti-violence campaign...
Murdered mum Kylie Blackwood signed a petition two weeks before she was killed in her...
When suicide looks like relief
By CASEY NEILL
“I TRIED to kill myself so I could get away from him.”
This is the stark reality of one Pakenham woman’s...
Stopping the cycle
By CASEY NEILL
BUNYIP Sergeant Ray De Reus has seen the difference police intervention can make to families suffering violence in silence.
“In the...
ARC-ing up to respect women
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
MEMBERSHIP start-up costs will be scratched for women signing up to a Casey sporting facility in a bid to raise...
Campaign close to home
By BEN CAMERON
ONE of the Cardinia Shire’s most prominent community leaders has revealed the poor attitudes of some men towards women.
Father of...
Maddy’s legacy of love
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
PAULA Murphy saw the police car pull up outside her house and knew instantly her daughter was dead.
“I had that sick feeling...
Right behind the White Ribbon
By Jim Reiher, Casey Multifaith Network
THE Casey Multifaith Network enthusiastically supports the efforts of the White Ribbon Program and CHALLENGE Family Violence...
Maddy brings them closer
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
KELLY Murphy said her family had always been close.
But after her niece, Maddy, was found dead in October last year, it seems...
Windermere showed the way
By BRIDGET SCOTT
COULD you imagine not having a home or a job to go to?
That’s exactly what Carla Gagliardi was faced with...
Debating family violence
By CASEY NEILL
'THE Great Debate: Is Family Violence a Crime?' is designed to get people talking.
Organiser Linda Watson, based at support service...