BREAKING: We are now aware of 14 individuals or organisations who have been threatened with defamation by either Christian Porter, Andrew Laming or Peter van Onselen (or a combination there of).
This includes the Older Women's Network - an organisation set up for the dignity /1
rights, & well-being of older women in the community.
Some of their recent work includes raising awareness of sexual assault in nursing homes, & addressing homelessness for older women, incl the 400,000 women in Australia over the age of 45 who are facing housing insecurity./2
At 9.44am, on November 2, 2021, the OWN was threatened with defamation by Andrew Laming in response to a Facebook post which had been published on October 29. That post has since been removed.
Marque Lawyers are now representing 4 parties impacted by defamation threats.
Others impacted by these threats are also encouraged to make contact if they are in need of legal support
Thank you to the 3000+ members of the public who have donated to the #Enough GoFundMe.
The power of the collective is incredible to witness.
Don't get me wrong. We need to talk about consent.
But we don't JUST need to talk about consent.
When we teach teens 2 drive cars we don't just teach them the red/green/yellow traffic light & consider them skilled drivers.
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Yes we teach them how to read traffic lights and stop signs, but we also teach them how their own car works, how to interact safely with other vehicles, what changed conditions mean etc etc.
But people aren't cars. & gender relations aren't traffic conditions. Cont /2
People & gender relations are immensely more complex. Which is why we need education to match.
And this education should start young. It should cover all aspects of sex and respectful relationship education, it should be informed by and led by experts and b expertly evaluated/3
& 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
@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
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.
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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
.... 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
@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