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16 Nov, 6 tweets, 6 min read
JAIME LEE PAGE - the woman whose case started #LetUsSpeak HAS WON her right to use her name!!

TOMORROW, 'JAIMES LAW' will become reality & ALL adult survivors in Victoria will get their voices back.

WE DID IT!!

@marquelawyers @RapeReform @EROCAustralia

news.com.au/lifestyle/real… ImageImageImage
Read Jaime's full story here (including the video, interactive timeline and text):

news.com.au/lifestyle/real… Image
Thank U to all the other survivors & allies who have joined, including the 11 other survivors who sought court orders w/ @marquelawyers

@_Nic_Lee @nerdypioneer @_TaraSchultz Phil Nagle, Stephen Woods, Paul Levey, Kim Elzaibak, Tracey Morris, Alison Quigley, @learunas & Aaron* Image
As of tomorrow, the new laws will now mean adult survivors can self identify if:
>18
-consent in writing
-have capacity
-do not reveal other survivors.

NEW LAWS give more power than ever b4 to survivors who will be able to tailor consent incl which media can name them. Image
The proposed gag on deceased victim's families was also thwarted in the upper house last week!

Families will now be consulted. While we aren't out of the woods on that one, it gives families a fighting chance to be heard. Image
I'm going to let Jaime's story speak for itself to explain what the last 8 Months has been like & how hard this campaign has been.

But in mean time, HUGE thanks to @marquelawyers @RapeReform @EROCAustralia

news.com.au/lifestyle/real…

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13 Nov
& here's the #LetUsSpeak washup feature 4 the week: w Chrissie Foster, @JohnHer49389874, Saeed Maasarwe & @_Nic_Lee: “I don’t want to ever be in a courtroom again.”

TLDR: The law will change for living survivors 2 restore agency & the planned gag on deceased families is stalled Image
also with @marquelawyers @EROCAustralia @RapeReform
@DonaldMcleish
We still haven't seen a copy of the final amended bill. But this article here may help. Essentially living survivors will be able to self identify (if 18+, have capacity, don't ID another victim). The Govt will consult further re: naming deceased vics but 4 now /1
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28 Oct
The Vic Govt spin doctors are in over-drive today.

On 14/10/20 @JillHennessyMP BOASTED in 2nd reading speech that the proposed restriction on naming deceased sexual assault victims would "enhance" the privacy of dead

NOW they are changing their story entirely... /1
#LetUsSpeak
They r now claiming they r working hard to fix a gag on naming deceased victims which they claim has ALWAYS been in place.

This is outright false (just look at the existing legislation...)

It is the Govt who are actively INSERTING the below into the legislation w this bill /2
This new section makes it explicit that a court order would be needed to name deceased victims... and it outlines what the steps would be. This is not law yet It is what THEY are PROPOSING.

/3
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9 Jun
NOW Australia - the brain fart of Tracey Spicer - has announced it is closing, having never actually established the Triage system which Spicer & Co collected over $120,000 of public donations to fund.

There were some good ppl involved but this was a /1

now.org.au
.... always going to be a failed initiative from the beginning. Put simply, you can't magically triage people to services which either don't exist, or which are already stretched beyond capacity. Something Spicer would have known had they properly consulted the sector b4 launch/2
...Instead, Spicer launched to much fanfare in the media using celeb ambassadors (oh & where was their due diligence?), social media tiles, t-shirt merchandise... & even a specially recorded sound-track for the occasion. Meanwhile, the sector stood around scratching it's head /3
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28 Feb
@crikey_news The idea that bc I'm a journo & sexual assault survivor advocate I should b forced 2 "cop a few body blows & move on" is unhelpful, especially when some of those 'body blows' r rape threats. But the idea that I dont work hard for gender equality is just plain funny.
@crikey_news Maybe your journalist didn't have time to research me b4 deadline. I'm not going to list every single thing I've done for gender equality here. I'll let you do the homework. But since we are talking about the 'body blows' I cop - & since it's my body up for discussion (as it...
@crikey_news ...so often is when you're a public sexual assault survivor) I thought it might be an idea for me to give you a bit of insight into the type of 'body blows' I cop, courtesy of Bettina Arndt's ongoing abuse, & the decision by mainstream media to put those defamatory views on blast
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