Social Justice Alliance Campaign (WA Residents Only)
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To the President and Members of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled.
On 1 August 2008, the Homicide Act 2008 was amended to introduce changes in the context of domestic homicide where there has been a history of violence by either the deceased or the accused.
We the undersigned residents of Western Australia call on the State Government to:
(1) Review the imprisonment of women who are currently serving life sentences for murder where these changes to the said Act apply, and to take whatever action is required to ensure these women are afforded justice; and
(2) To enact legislative changes to ensure that fairness and justice is properly served in relation to domestic homicide where there has been a history of violence by either the deceased or the accused.
And your petitioners as in duty bound, will ever pray.
- December 19
- Family and domestic violence is a continuum. It starts out with small manipulative and coercive acts and spirals downwards with the end result being death- either suicide or homicide. How is it that in our society an FDV perpetrator can kill his wife and be eligible for parole after 3 years, but a woman who has killed her perpetrator after being held as a psychological hostage for years, is not able to have her life-sentence reconsidered even after the laws have changed to recognise her situation? The inherent gender-bias in the criminal justice system is symptomatic of a society that de-values the worth of women. It sends the message that women's lives are more dispensable then men's and further perpetuates gender inequality. It is a vicious cycle and it needs to be broken. Please help us raise awareness of this issue and seek justice for women. We would be grateful if you could forward this petition to family, friends and colleagues.
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3 years agolorraine gibson3 years ago
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3 years agoVirginia Brown3 years ago
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3 years agoTania sagastume3 years ago
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3 years agoNina Jurak3 years ago
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3 years agoHsin-Hwei CHEN3 years ago
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3 years agoLynda Castle Australia3 years ago
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3 years agoMariette Cowley Australia3 years ago
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3 years agoMarietted Cowley3 years ago
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3 years agoMargaret Adams Australia3 years ago
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3 years agoKaren Upton-Davis3 years ago
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3 years agoErin Ewens3 years ago
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3 years agoLucy Young3 years ago
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3 years agoSharon Dodds3 years ago
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3 years agoRobin Shortland-Jones3 years ago
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3 years agoDr Alan Campbell3 years ago
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Peter Cox
Australia
Nov 27, 2016
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Nov 27, 2016
You really are some piece of work. It's now very clear why the corrupt family court system uses you to push fathers out of their children's lives. The world has gone mad. You should not be involved in the family court system as you are clearly on the side of women no matter what they do or what lies they tell or abuse they cause. You have no shame. For the record I am getting as much information together as possible and will expose you for what you are. I don't know how you sleep
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Anonymous
Apr 03, 2014
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Apr 03, 2014
these women have served their time a lifetime ago .lets learn from this and get a better understanding around domestic violence and the long term effects and damages it can and does continue to do !
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Hsin-Hwei CHEN
Australia, Perth
Mar 25, 2014
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Mar 25, 2014
Everybody in partner/family relationship will benefit by paying efforts on following a simple easy principle: Understand and RESPECT woman as a person, an individual, a human being. It is harmless cost less and it is the way lead to happy and healthy relationships. Simply as that.
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D.Hart
Australia, Perth
Mar 08, 2014
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Mar 08, 2014
Justice is long over due
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