Tag: white ribbon
Security in a safe place
By CASEY NEILL
WELLSPRINGS for Women has been a safe place for women in need since it opened its doors in Dandenong 20...
Nowhere to run
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
Magistrate says a refuge shortage is leaving family violence victims in danger...
A DANDENONG-based magistrate has called for funding to...
Putting out a new message
Frank Cresia, CEO of Waverley Industries
WHEN approached by the City of Casey to participate in the White Ribbon Challenge Family Violence program...
Wounds rise to the surface
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
SHARON Harris’s deepest wounds come from the people who should have cared most for her.
Twice her head has been broken...
Standing tall
By CASEY NEILL
WALK Against Family Violence organisers hope to top last year’s 500-strong turnout to show support for victims and efforts to...
Cash falls short for most vulnerable
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
MAJOR parties have failed to commit extra resources to tackle violence against the state’s most vulnerable women despite a damning...
Stand together
By CASEY NEILL
“I PLEDGE to man up."
Male students at Keysborough College signed this pledge during a unique approach to tackling violence against women -...
United against the pain
By GROUP EDITOR GARRY HOWE
“I SWEAR never to commit, excuse or remain silent about violence against women. This is my oath.”
A growing number of...
Shaken, not deterred
By BRIDGET SCOTT
THE glamour of the occasion couldn’t hide the dark reality that is family violence when Windermere hosted an awareness-raising cocktail party last...
Forum opens up the debate
By CASEY NEILL
THE Great Debate: Is Family Violence a Crime? is designed to get people talking.
Organiser Linda Watson, based at support service WAYSS in...
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Clan lab cops catch alleged trafficker
Clandestine Laboratory Squad detectives have charged a man with trafficking after raids of factories and storage sheds in Springvale, Moorabbin and Clayton on 20...
