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Wife beater not brave after all: Humane Society rescinds award

Wife beater not brave after all: Humane Society rescinds award

The Humane Society has stripped a man of his bravery award after The Australian Women’s Weekly revealed he had been jailed for beating his wife. During a series of attacks, Paul Francis McCuskey kicked his partner Jeannie Blackburn in the head so hard he snapped her optic nerve and left her blinded in one eye. […]
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Wife beater not brave after all: Humane Society rescinds award

Quentin Bryce wants wife beater stripped of bravery award

Quentin Bryce has called on the Royal Humane Society to strip a bravery award from a jailed Black Saturday fire fighter who kicked his partner in the head so hard he snapped her optic nerve and left her blinded in one eye. The Governor-General, a patron of the Royal Humane Society, wrote to the society […]
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I was abused by my husband for over 20 years

I was abused by my husband for over 20 years

Catherine Smith was terrorised by her husband in one of the worst cases of domestic violence ever recorded in Australia. Yet while the blows were directed at her, it was her children who suffered the most. It’s the night that Catherine Smith fears the most. Not for the darkness, but for the nightmares that lurk […]
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Wife beater to keep bravery award

A Black Saturday fire-fighter who kicked his former partner in the head so hard it blinded her in the left eye will keep his Royal Humane Society Certificate of Merit, despite the trauma caused to his victim and the feelings of his fellow fire-fighters. Paul Francis McCuskey, 41, of Reefton, in rural Victoria — who […]
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Wife beater given a bravery award

A Black Saturday fire-fighter who kicked his former partner in the head so hard it snapped her optic nerve and blinded her in one eye has been given a bravery award by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia. In a ceremony attended by Victorian Governor Alex Curnov and other dignitaries at Melbourne Town Hall on […]
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Woman scared and hiding from her partner's domestic abuse

Domestic abuse in Australia: The facts

Can you imagine a world where women sit frightened and alone, too scared to move? A world where a simple trip to the shops could mean another broken bone? A world where the threat of violence is an everyday occurrence? Sadly, many women don’t have to imagine it. They live it. According to UNICEF, domestic […]
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I escaped abuse and you can too!

I escaped abuse and you can too!

Danielle Guttridge is proof the tragic cycle of domestic violence can be broken. Engulfed by laughter and the lively chatter of her three daughters, Danielle Guttridge is a picture of perfect calm and serenity. Danielle, 26, from Cootamundra in NSW, loves nothing better than to hear that happiest of sounds – little girls giggling at […]
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Woman worried about her alcoholic husband

True Confessions Agony Aunt: Should I leave my alcoholic husband?

I have been married for 17 months and I am now wondering if I have made a mistake and if I should stay or go. This is mine and my husband’s second marriage. We get along very well, but recently have had several incidences that have left me wondering if I have done the right […]
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