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1/ My friend Kate disclosed to me that in 1988 she had been raped. We talked at length and I did my best to support her. She had decided to pursue charges and was getting support from friends, health professionals, her lawyer, and the police. #ACandleForKate 
2/ She needed a lot of support as the accusation was against the top lawyer in the country. The attorney general, Christian Porter. The pressure on her was immense but she wanted justice. #ACandleForKate
3/ One of the smartest people I’ve ever met, foresaw much of what was to come. The media firestorm. The denials. And attacks. The delegitimising. The gaslighting. Everything. It all came to pass. But what she foresaw, she never ended up seeing. #ACandleForKate
THREAD: This Thursday, June 24, people will light #ACandleforKate. June 24 marks 1 year since a woman called me about sexism in Canberra. She was scared of consequences of speaking out. Neither of us knew of Kate. Neither of us knew that that morning, Kate took her own life. 1/
2/ The woman urged me to investigate the problems of sexism in Canberra. I began to make calls and the next day, those calls led me to Kate’s lawyer. He felt sure that Kate would want a meeting with me and said he’d speak to her that night. Neither of us knew that Kate was gone.
3/ The next day, I spoke to another friend of Kate’s I’d tried to reach. When I told him why I was calling, he sounded like he’d been kicked in the stomach. He said he’d call back. When he did, he told me Kate took her life two days before. I won’t forget that feeling.
