News Australian Of The Year: Rosie Batty Awarded Top Honour For Efforts To Stop Family Violence

[ms spock]

Rosie Batty has been named Australian of the Year for her campaign against family violence in an award ceremony that saw four women take the nation's top Australia Day honours for the first time in history.

Ms Batty rose above her personal tragedy and the great loss of her 11-year-old-son, Luke, who was murdered by his father on a cricket oval in February last year.

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"Family violence may happen behind closed doors but it needs to be brought out from these shadows and into broad daylight," she said.

 

[macbeth]

Well done Rosie Batty.

 

[Seagreen]

Thank you for posting Spock

 

[ms spock]

It is a win for us all, on some level.

Either people are effected directly or they have the indirect impact on them in a multitude of ways.

 

[Seagreen]

The way I see it is that people who commit acts of violence at home are likely to commit acts of violence outside of the home as well.

 

[ms spock]

@Seagreen Physical violence, rape and child sexual assault are all like charity - they generally begin at home.