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1/Yesterday, after more than two years, enough clouds had dissipated to see the sky again. Kate’s family, friends, neighbours, mentors and partners gathered from across her life to fondly remember someone who profoundly impacted ours. 🧵
2/Each of us a separate patch of a quilt she never had the opportunity to see together. Over many many hours we told stories, shared memories and cried. It was a sad day but deeply healing.
3/I didn’t know what to expect. Though some of us had chatted, I’d never met Kate’s fierce friends from the late 80s. Unsurprising from former debate champions, their speeches were breathtakingly good. But more impressive was their compassion and care.
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
#March4Justice will take place on March 15, 12pm at Parliament House in Canberra. The protesters will deliver a petition calling on the Prime Minister to act against gendered violence to female Members of Parliament. 1/23 #GraceTame #BrittanyHiggins #JusticeForKate #Auspol
“We are calling for 100,000 signatures on the March4Justice petition,” said founder and convenor Janine Hendry. The March4Justice petition has been organised in a wave of anger caused by the multiple allegations of rape, child rape, assault and harassment 2/23
Parliament House and the woeful Federal Government response including failure to report crimes to the police, cover-ups and harbouring of perpetrators in the Federal Governent. 3/23
