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Here you’ll find all summer works written during the summer season of 2024 down below🍦🏖️ 🌅
BURN > Dante Torres + Tv/Film + Chicago PD (NBC)
BODYGUARD > Vic Hughes + Tv/Film + Station 19 (ABC)
MAKE YOU FEEL > Rio + Tv/Film + Good Girls (NBC/Netflix)
CAMPING > Sydney, Carmy, Richie, Michael, & Luca + Tv/Film + The Bear (FX/Hulu)
NEXT 2 U > _Requested_Layla Keating + Tv/Film + All American (The CW)
DISTANCE > Armando Aretas + Film + Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Columbia Pictures)
SINNERS ON COURT > Art Donaldson x Tashi Duncan x Patrick Zweig + Film Crossover + Challengers/The Strangers (Amazon MGM Studios/Warner Bros. Pictures)
95 DEGREES > Armando Aretas + Film + Bad Boys: Ride or die (Columbia Pictures)
SITUATIONS > _Requested_Luca + Tv/Film + The Bear (FX/Hulu)
HAMMER TO THE HEART > Dante Torres + Tv/Film + Chicago PD (NBC)
COMEDY > Sydney Adamu + Tv/Film + The Bear (FX/Hulu)
TV ON > Richie Jerimovich + Tv/Film + The Bear (FX/Hulu)
GRANDMA’s > Armando Aretas + Film + Bad Boys: Ride or die (Columbia Pictures)
FALSE STARTS > Carmy Berzatto + Tv/Film + The Bear (FX/Hulu)
LOVE FOR A MINUTE > Armando Aretas + Film + Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Columbia Pictures)
TIGER EYE > JR + Tv/Film + All American: Homecoming (The CW)
NEIGHBORS > Armando Aretas, Rio, Luca, & Mikey Berzatto + Tv/Film + Bad boys for life, Good Girls, & The Bear
-> A SUMMER EP 🌪️
RODEO > Javi Rivera + Film + Twisters [2024] (Universal Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures/Amblin Entertainment)
FIRST DAY > Armando Aretas + Film + Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Columbia Pictures)
BEST EXIT > Dani + Film + Twisters [2024] (Universal Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures/Amblin Entertainment)
#summer masterlist#summer prompts#chicago pd#Dante Torres x reader#station 19#victoria hughes#rio x black!reader#manny montana#the bear s3#sydney adamu x reader#carmy berzatto x reader#Richie jerimovich x reader#michael berzatto x reader#Luca the bear x reader#layla keating#armando aretas#armando aretas x reader#art donaldson x black!reader#Tashi Duncan#challengers 2024#the strangers chapter 1#luca the bear#sydney adamu#richie jerimovich#all american homecoming#jessie jr Raymond#jessie raymond jr#Mikey berzatto x reader#javi rivera x reader#twisters x reader
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#devilznights#black and white#black and white aesthetic#black and white background#black and white blog#black and white edit#sydney sweeney#prada aesthetic#star girl#star girl aesthetic#torre eiffel#random#random moodboard#random girls icons#random girls moodboard
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I caught up on the original NCIS recently. I absolutely LOVE the show, so much. I never expected it to mean so much to me. I'm now watching NCIS: New Orleans.
#ncis#ncis la#ncis new orleans#ncis hawaii#ncis sydney#ncis origins#ncis tiva#tony dinozzo#timothy mcgee#ziva david#ncis tony and ziva#leroy jethro gibbs#abby sciuto#ellie bishop#ducky mallard#jimmy palmer#jessica knight#caitlin todd#nick torres#tobias fornell
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spill the juice on who's the top 5 hottest in palmview!!!!
alright, are you ready ? i'm gonna start with savannah hendricks. have we seen that face ? there's a reason we just saw oscar struggle to find words to describe her and i think we can all relate to the poor guy. next is isaiah francis. yeah, yeah, call me a cliché for finding the firefighter hot, i'm buying that calendar regardless. sydney torres exists and that's more than enough to add her to this list. and let's not forget devon ali, there's nothing sexier than a man who loves his kids. last but most definitely not least: julian hendricks. it's a family thing, it seems and maybe we should add the cousins in the mix, but we do know that he didn't have two girls waiting for him at the winter fest for no reason.
@wallfloweresque , @losingdcgs , @cherriesfm , @loversfms , @astralfms
xoxo,
#palmviewblinds#savannah hendricks !#isaiah francis !#sydney torres !#devon ali !#julian hendricks !
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NCIS Franchise Masterlist
NCIS Masterlist
NCIS: Origins Masterlist
NCIS: Hawaii Masterlist
NCIS: LA Masterlist
NCIS: New Orleans Masterlist
NCIS Sydney
#ncis#ncis sydney#ncis la#ncis los angeles#ncis hawaii#jesse boone#joe milius#jim jd dempsey#jim dempsey#michelle mackey#mackey#deshawn jackson#dwayne pride#tammy gregorio#nick torres#alden parker#marty deeks#martin deeks#vostanik sabatino
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Renewals and Polls
NCIS: Sydney, NCIS, and S.W.A.T all got renewed!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
#ncisverse#ncisverse cast#ncis sydney#michelle mackey#jim jd dempsey#blue gleeson#deshawn jackson#evie cooper#roy penrose#Renewed 🎉🎉🎉#Go vote#@shemarfmoore on Instagram#swat cbs#zoe powell#james street#hondo harrelson#deacon kay#dominique luca#Alexis Cabrera#Victor Tan#Miguel Alfaro#NCIS#tim mcgee#nick torres#alden parker#jimmy palmer#jessica knight#kasie hines#ncis hawaii
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Tinsel & Tine #MiniMovieReview Extravaganza 20 is complete! Full Reviews - link below...
ARGYLLE| Universal Pictures & Apple Original Films| Writer/Director Matthew Vaughn
An exhilarating throwback to the 80's action rom/com like "Romancing the Stone", with the tech of Vaughn's "Kingsman" franchise. Rating: 4 outta 5
THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP (We Are The World Doc)| Netflix | Director Bao Nguyen
The doc I didn't know I was waiting 40 years to see, but after seeing it, had to watch it again! So much nostalgia and just a great behind the scenes look at an iconic moment in time. Rating 5 outta 5
DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS | Focus Features | Director Ethan Coen
It may be the other half of the Coen duo flexing his solo muscle, but it's his lead, Margaret Qualley, who owns the movie. Rating: 3 outta 5
MADAME WEB| Sony Pictures / Marvel Studios |Director S. J. Clarkson
The places this could have gone with one or two writers instead of four. And a bit more direction and care for the role from Dakota Johnson. Rating: 2 outta 5
BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE| Paramount Pictures / PlanB Ent | Writer/Director
I am pleased that this movie now exists to honor this unique individual, his beliefs and talent, but I felt like an outsider watching this movie and never fully connected. Rating 3.5 outta 5
PROBLEMISTA| A24 | Writer/Director Julio Torres -I had so much fun watching this movie! It’s totally my sense of absurdist humor. So recognized his plight of having to work for and placate an erratic person - Been there. Done That. Rating: 4 outta 5
#drive away dolls#movies 2024#moviereviews#film talk#minimoviereview#philadelphia#moviesite#problemista#julio torres#tilda swinton#sydney sweeney#we are the world#bob marley#madame web#argylle
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NCIS
Fanfiction links below, with summary, works with smut are indicated
Meant to be
Hiding things is never easy, hiding a marriage, a person, part of your life is a whole new layer of difficulty. When Ellie and Nick's wedding licence comes with NDA papers when she joins the NSA and he's in NCIS after they graduate from the University of Oklahoma. Things get even harder when Nick is chosen to become an undercover operative, and all Ellie gets to know is the country he is working in; it adds more secrets to their already secret relationship.
#ncis#ncis: los angeles#ncis: new orleans#ncis: sydney#ncis: hawaii#ellie bishop#nick torres#ellie x nick
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starter for @sydneyhcywood
location: the house
"It should be all fixed up now," Mateo said, wiping his hands on his pants though there was nothing on them since had washed them in the sink. He had been helping out with the house, but it had been a while since Sydney had called about it. His back was to her and as he turned, he noticed something off about the blonde, "Hey, Sydney?" His lips were thinned in thought, not incredibly vulnerable himself but he could tell when something was bothering someone. "Hungry? We can grab a bite to eat." Mateo didn't want to bring too much attention to the way she was feeling and aid in a listening ear or distraction if that's what she preferred.
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This is Badu Gili, a projected display celebrating First Nations artists. These pics are from its launch in 2017 for the 50th anniversary of the historic 1967 referendum, which changed the constitution to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the census and let the Commonwealth make laws for them instead of the states.
Badu Gili has been ongoing since its launch in 2017 - the current display is called Wonder Women and celebrates female First Nations artists. Here are some of their works:
It runs daily with lightings from 6-8 PM for those interested!
Sydney opera house with Aboriginal art
#Australia#aboriginal and torres strait islander#Sydney opera house#Badu Gili#Australian art#aboriginal art
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winter wonderland has come and gone, and with that comes a whole new serving of fresh squeezed juice. click the link below to read all of the insider gossip as we give a rundown on palmview's messiest winter event !
palm readers here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of florida's forgotten. our neighbors certainly got busy at this year's winter wonderland, and we're here to give you all of the inside juice. from blowouts to beaus, we're covering it all, so sit back, snuggle up and get ready because this juice is tart !
in light of the holidays we decided we'd start at a wholesome place. palmview's prom queen and helping hand have decided to take their romance to the next step, making it official under all the twinkling lights ( and in front of everyone in town ) when they hard launched by showing up and showing out at the event. a source close to the two says that their new romance has been budding for longer than we know, and that the pair are excited to start their new journey together. looks like santa visited early for these love birds !
it seems that santa may have visited another couple, as kyro and celeste were spotted getting extra close in the photobooth. i wonder if they know that there's a screen on the outside for everyone else to see ? a source says that the two insist they're ' just friends ' but the evidence we've seen says otherwise. besides, who carries a mistletoe in their purse when they're with a friend ? i've always said to each their own, but let me tell you, i've never done that with a friend !
rekindling seemed to be in the air last night, as winona and veronica were spotted hand in hand at the ice rink. veronica must not mind that winnie's been going on dates. either that, or she doesn't know, considering a source says that she was spotted being quite friendly with remy. let's only hope this doesn't put a damper in their newly repaired ... friendship ?
things weren't all jolly though, and despite the cheer in the air, not everyone managed to stay off of the naughty list. while they may have thought they'd gone under the radar, we have eyes and ears everywhere and your palm readers know all. cassius and vivienne were spotted having a heartfelt reunion, but a source says that things aren't as sweet as they seem. will the two be able to rekindle, or will the guilt of holiday's past be too much for them to endure ?
everything came to a head for julian when teddy caught him on what appeared to be a date with ex girlfriend hadley. never a good feeling when your new beau double books himself, even worse when you have an entire audience for it. not sure how julian will dig himself out of this grave after kenny shoveled in the last scoop of dirt, but perhaps santa's elves will be kind and give him a hand in the process of getting back on teddy's nice list. you didn't hear it from us, teddy, but we say run for the hills ! how can a man keep up with a woman if he can't keep up with his own calendar ?
benedict everly found himself permanently on the naughty list after losing track of devon's daughter. sources say the girl was wandering the grounds alone when vivienne found her. this led to the awkward reunion between benedict and vivienne, presumably the first since their engagement went up in flames. seems that the things you try to run from will always find their way back to you !
back from his disappearance, leon amos was spotted at the winter wonderland in far better spirits. seems the holiday cheer has gotten to him, and who knows where he's been, but we can only hope it's given him inspiration for the next album ! maybe a christmas rock song is on palmview's horizon.
our town matchmaker might be great at pairing others, but her choice in emma seems to be a sketchy one. sources say that emma and noa were seen parading around our wonderland in what seemed like a happy love bubble, but the second noa left, emma was seen flirting around with several different people. i wonder how noa will feel to find out that sydney and emma shared a kiss ? unfortunately it's definitely not cupid's season, and his bow was missed by a long shot.
the awkwardness doesn't stop there... caleb and clementine both arrived with different dates, only to leave with each other. not sure what the pair get from dragging the rest of us into their love story, but hopefully their dates were able to find a little comfort in each other. won't be long until we're sharing the news of their rekindled relationship ! as much as they'd like to say they hate each other, we all know there's a thin line between love and hate.
in a show of bravery, daniel decided to pick a fight with olivia after getting stuck with her on a ferris wheel ( another joke from santa himself ). the two didn't make any efforts to keep it lowkey, either, as the poor patrons stuck under them came to us with all the juice. rumor has it olivia wouldn't let daniel get a word in edge wise, and we can only wonder if that had a hand in their downfall. no one likes to be talked over all the time, and she seems to have made a habit of it. stay tuned to find out if their relationship is as stuck as the ferris wheel, or if they'll find a way to reconnect !
to top off all of the winter woes, knoxville oakley was spotted at the bar reeling from his soon to be fiancee's sudden departure. a source close to him says that he was practically incomprehensible, rambling on about the way she'd left without a word. we can only wonder what drove her to that point, but hopefully knox can find a little holiday cheer ! perhaps santa will leave a little self respect under the tree for him this year.
and that's a wrap on our holiday event ! always remember, we see and hear everything here at the daily palm. head on over to our comments and let us know all of your thoughts on this year's winter wonderland ! we wanna hear it all.
#palmviewnewsletter#lana barsi !#dax montgomery !#kyro lee !#celeste james !#winona morris !#remy cooper !#veronica lee !#cassius alder !#vivienne maiziere !#theodora lee !#julian hendricks !#hadley monroe !#leon amos !#emma cicciaro !#noa braunstein !#sydney torres !#knoxville oakley !#benedict everly !#caleb zain !#clementine shephard !#devon ali !#michael weber !#olivia lockhart !
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Invasion Day
On January 26 1788, the First Fleet of convicts from Britain arrived on the lands of the Eora Nation and the establishment of a British colony in Australia began.
Although the day is now official observed as Australia Day, it is, to quote Victorian community organisers, “an annual reminder of invasion, occupation, genocide and the ongoing impacts of colonisation that continue to destroy our land and waters”.
Keep reading under the cut - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that below is an image and names of deceased persons.
First Nations people have publicly marked 26 January as a Day of Mourning since 1938. The photo above comes from 1988, when, on 26 January, Australia officially celebrated its bicentenary. In response to public celebrations of the day, gay Aboriginal and South Sea Islander man Malcolm Cole and artist Panos Couros came up their own way to mark the occasion – a float in Sydney’s Mardi Gras parade a month later.
The float, known as the “Aboriginal Boat”, took the form of a sailing ship manned by Malcolm, dressed as Captain Cook, the British man who “claimed” the lands of First Nations people along Australia’s east coast for Britain. Narungga and Kaurna man Rodney Junga-Williams played botanist Joseph Banks, who was also instrumental in the decision to colonise the continent. The float was pulled by their white friends.
As Australians ourselves, living on the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation, we encourage you to spend the day doing what you can to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation is one organisation working to support queer First Nations people, that you in turn can support.
[Image source: Photograph taken by Ken Lovett, Australian Queer Archives, via ABC]
#invasion day#australia day#survival day#australia#queer history#gay history#australian history#first nations#indigenous
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“ BULLSHIT ! ” JOSEFINA PRACTICALLY SHOUTS THE word, some of her drink sloshing out of her cup as she accentuates her point by throws her hands up in the air dramatically. “ that is such bullshit. my favorite dildo is almost your size and i take it every night, just fine, thank you very much. ” actually, her dildo is a few inches smaller than sydney, but that’s neither here nor there. placing her glass onto the coffee table, she gestures animatedly at the other woman. “ well then. whip it out. because if you think you can say shit like that and get away with it, you’re sorely mistaken. ” she crosses her hands over her chest, rolling her eyes to the celling. “ and get your phone ready. i want proof. ”
"oh, i didn't say it would never work because it wouldn't be fun," sydney clarified. she sipped at her own glass to help hide her smile, though it easily showed in her eyes. with the alcohol flowing, the ideas were, too, and the night was definitely taking an interesting new turn. "i said that because you're, fucking, you know—" the tall blonde waved generally at josefina. "tiny, and my dick, on the other hand, is fucking huge." she shrugged casually, as if the matter were settled and she weren't in fact laying down a teasing challenge for her roommate. "how are we supposed to make homemade porn when it wouldn't even fit in you?"
#gcdfvcked#❪ josefina torres. ❫ : prose. ❞#❪ josefina & sydney. ❫ : interactions. ❞#( you spoil me!!! )#❪ queue. ❫ ❞
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#ncisverse#ncisverse cast#ncis#ncis hawaii#ncis hawai’i#ncis la#ncis los angeles#ncis sydney#alden parker#tim mcgee#nick torres#jessica knight#jane tennant#jesse boone#kai holman#ernie malik#lucy tara#kate whistler#kasie hines#jimmy palmer#leon vance
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@elonmusk
These awful people all need to be voted out, either in the primaries or the general election. They sully the Capitol Building with their presence.
THESE ARE THE 158 DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED AGAINST DEPORTING SEX OFFENDERS Alabama: -Terri Sewell California: -Pete Aguilar -Ami Bera -Julia Brownley -Salud Carbajal -Tony Cárdenas -Judy Chu -Jim Costa -Mark DeSaulnier -John Garamendi -Robert Garcia -Sylvia Garcia -Jimmy Gomez -Jared Huffman -Ro Khanna -Sydney Kamlager-Dove -Barbara Lee -Ted Lieu -Zoe Lofgren -Doris Matsui -Kevin Mullin -Grace Napolitano -Nancy Pelosi -Katie Porter -Linda Sánchez -Adam Schiff -Brad Sherman -Norma Torres -Mike Thompson -Maxine Waters Colorado: -Jason Crow -Diana DeGette -Brittany Pettersen -Joe Neguse Connecticut: -Rosa DeLauro -John Larson -James Himes Delaware: -Lisa Blunt Rochester Florida: -Kathy Castor -Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick -Lois Frankel -Maxwell Frost -Darren Soto -Frederica Wilson -Debbie Wasserman Schultz Georgia: -Sanford D. Bishop Jr. -Lucy McBath -Henry “Hank” Johnson -Nikema Williams -David Scott Hawaii: -Ed Case -Jill Tokuda Illinois: -Sean Casten -Danny Davis -Jesús “Chuy” Garcia -Jonathan Jackson -Raja Krishnamoorthi -Robin Kelly -Delia Ramirez -Janice Schakowsky -Mike Quigley -Bill Foster -Brad Schneider -Lauren Underwood Indiana: -André Carson Kentucky: -Morgan McGarvey Louisiana: -Troy Carter Maine: -Chellie Pingree Maryland: -Steny Hoyer -Glenn Ivey -Kweisi Mfume -Jamie Raskin C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger -John Sarbanes -David Trone Massachusetts: -Jake Auchincloss -Katherine Clark -Bill Keating -Seth Moulton -Ayanna Pressley -Richard Neal -Lori Trahan -James McGovern Michigan: -Dan Kildee -Debbie Dingell -Rashida Tlaib -Shri Thanedar -Haley Stevens Minnesota: -Betty McCollum -Ilhan Omar -Dean Phillips Mississippi: -Bennie Thompson Missouri: -Cori Bush -Emanuel Cleaver New Hampshire: -Ann Kuster New Jersey: -Andy Kim -Rob Menendez -Donald Norcross -Bonnie Watson Coleman -Frank Pallone New Mexico: -Melanie Stansbury -Teresa Leger Fernandez New York: -Jamaal Bowman -Adriano Espaillat -Hakeem Jeffries -Yvette Clarke -Gregory Meeks -Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez -Jerrold Nadler -Nydia Velázquez -Paul Tonko -Dan Goldman -Ritchie Torres -Grace Meng -Joseph Morelle North Carolina: -Alma Adams -Valerie Foushee -Deborah Ross Ohio: -Shontel Brown -Joyce Beatty -Greg Landsman Oregon: -Earl Blumenauer -Suzanne Bonamici -Valerie Hoyle Pennsylvania: -Madeleine Dean -Mary Scanlon -Summer Lee Rhode Island: -Gabe Amo South Carolina: -James Clyburn Tennessee: -Steve Cohen Texas: -Greg Casar -Veronica Escobar -Joaquin Castro -Sylvia Garcia -Lloyd Doggett -Lizzie Fletcher -Al Green -Jasmine Crockett -Marc Veasey Vermont: -Becca Balint Virginia: -Donald Beyer -Gerald Connolly -Jennifer McClellan -Bobby Scott Washington: -Suzan DelBene -Derek Kilmer -Rick Larsen -Marilyn Strickland -Pramila Jayapal Wisconsin: -Gwen Moore -Mark Pocan Source: Newsweek
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Murphy’s death was just the latest in a seemingly endless, parade of crimes against women that have horrified the country.
Two weeks after Murphy went missing, another woman was killed in Ballarat, a city with a population of just over 100,000, in a separate and unrelated case. Rebecca Young, a 42-year-old mother of five, was allegedly killed by her partner in a suspected murder-suicide.
On 5 April, in bushland near Ballarat, a car was set on fire. Inside it, police found the body of a 23-year-old named Hannah McGuire. Her ex-partner has been charged with her murder…
On 22 April: 28-year-old Molly Ticehurst; 23 April: 49-year-old Emma Bates; 26 April: 30-year-old Erica Hay; 29 April: 78-year-old Joan Drane.
It was the death of Samantha Murphy that prompted a sense that something in Australia was very wrong.
The 51-year-old mother of three left her home in Ballarat in regional Victoria to go for a jog at around 7am on a Sunday morning in early February and did not return.
Murphy was not the first woman to be killed in Australia this year, she was the twelfth. The country followed along as police conducted extensive searches of bushland near her home, appealed for information and released CCTV showing her setting off for her run wearing exercise gear, and with blonde hair pulled back into a messy ponytail.
More than one month later, police arrested and charged a 22-year-old man with her murder. Her body has still not been found.
Murphy’s death was just the latest in a seemingly endless, parade of crimes against women that have horrified the country.
Two weeks after Murphy went missing, another woman was killed in Ballarat, a city with a population of just over 100,000, in a separate and unrelated case. Rebecca Young, a 42-year-old mother of five, was allegedly killed by her partner in a suspected murder-suicide.
On 5 April, in bushland near Ballarat, a car was set on fire. Inside it, police found the body of a 23-year-old named Hannah McGuire.
Her ex-partner has been charged with her murder. The deaths are all separate and unrelated. Here, in the space of two months was another death of another woman in the same small city.
The grief bubbled over, prompting an urgent conversation about violence against women and what will be done about it. Especially pressing is the situation faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, who are disproportionately affected by family and domestic violence.
On 12 April, hundreds of Ballarat residents marched in the streets holding signs asking for the names of the women to be remembered and demanding action to end violence against women.
And then, the next day, on a balmy autumn Saturday afternoon in Sydney, a man entered a shopping centre in Bondi Junction armed with a knife. He murdered six people, five of them women. Twelve people, including eight women, were injured, including a nine-month-old baby girl whose mother was murdered in the attack.
Police announced they would investigate whether the killer, who was shot dead by police, had deliberately targeted women and children. But it seemed they had already reached a conclusion on that matter, with the New South Wales police commissioner Karen Webb, saying videos of the attack “speak for themselves”.
“It’s obvious to me … that the offender had focused on women and avoided the men,” she said.
There were vigils; surfers made a heart with their boards out past the break at Bondi beach; the prime minister granted residency to two men who had fended off the attacker and praised the heroism of the female police officer who – without backup – chased the murderer through the centre and when he lunged at her with his knife, shot him dead.
And still the deaths did not stop.
On 22 April: 28-year-old Molly Ticehurst; 23 April: 49-year-old Emma Bates; 26 April: 30-year-old Erica Hay; 29 April: 78-year-old Joan Drane.
And with the relentless drumbeat, fury and grief erupted across the country.
In people’s homes, at barbecues and cafes, in furious editorials in the newspapers and in segments on radio and television, the same questions were being asked. Why are women still not safe to go for a morning jog, to take their baby to a bustling shopping centre, to exist in their own homes without being killed.
According to the Counting Dead Women Australia project, run by researchers from Destroy the Joint, 28 women have died this year – 27 of them alleged to be at the hands of men. This compares to 15 by this point in 2023, 18 by the same point in 2022, 14 in 2021, 16 in 2020, meaning that even excluding the Bondi stabbing attack, the numbers this year are high.
“It’s time we started talking about it not in terms of just ‘violence against women’,” Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young told Guardian Australia’s Australian Politics podcast. “This is the terrorising of women in their homes and on the street. Women don’t feel safe.”
Figures indicate Australia does have a particular problem with intimate partner killings.
In 2022-23, while the overall homicide rate was lower in Australia (5.6 deaths per million of population) compared with England and Wales (six per million), Australia had nearly double the rate of women killed by a current or former partner, with 34 intimate partner homicides against women in Australia and 35 in England and Wales, despite Australia having a population nearly half that of England and Wales.
The country’s Labor prime minister, Anthony Albanese has declared violence against women a “national crisis”, convened an emergency meeting of national cabinet – the meeting of all the premiers of states and territories, as well as the federal leadership – and on Wednesday announced a $925m package to help victims of violence leave abusive relationships.
Albanese said on Wednesday the suite of measures was “a further step forward” but that he could not be satisfied when a woman was killed in Australia, on average, every four days.
There is a palpable fury in the air. In the last weekend of April, thousands of people took to the streets in 17 rallies across the country, calling for greater action. But there is fear too, that nothing will change.
“I find myself saying [in media interviews] please don’t forget about us next week when the news cycle moves on,” says Karen Bevan, CEO of Full Stop Australia, a sexual, domestic and family violence response and recovery service.
“This isn’t the first time that there’s been a coalescing of national conversation around issues of gendered violence, sexual assault, domestic violence. We’ve certainly had other moments.”
In particular, Bevan is thinking of 2015, when Rosie Batty, whose 11-year-old son Luke had been murdered by his father at cricket training the year before, was made Australian of the Year. Her advocacy catapulted family violence to the top of the public conversation, for a time.
“She, in a moment, changed the conversation,” says Bevan. “And I don’t think her moment was a flash in the pan either. I think she created extraordinary change.”
Since then, changes in the public conversation, media reporting and in the legislative space have made a difference, says Bevan, pointing to the introduction of affirmative consent laws, the passing coercive control legislation, reform of family law, and a review into the funding of legal aid services.
“The other piece we can’t ignore here is that we have a more receptive political environment to the conversation,” she says, of the Labor government, which announced tackling domestic violence as a key priority when it came to power in 2022.
“I do think it matters that governments aren’t only saying ‘thoughts and prayers’, they are also doing things,” she says.
But, there are still huge systemic issues: a national housing crisis and a drastic underfunding of refuges that means women choose between remaining in a violent relationship and homelessness; a lack of funding for women seeking legal help; a scarcity of services particularly for rural and Indigenous women. Experts have also pointed to bail laws, inadequate and sometimes downright harmful policing practices, to show there is much that needs to change before women are safe.
On 1 May, thousands of people turned out in parks, on foreshores, on the lawns of Parliament House for candlelit vigils in honour of all women who were the victims of violence.
Antoinette Braybrook, the CEO of Djirra, an organisation that provides support to Indigenous women experiencing family violence, spoke of the country’s grief in a video ahead of the events.
“Tonight we light not one candle but many … for every woman, for every Aboriginal woman, whose life has been violently taken. For our children, our future, who will never again be embraced by their mum’s love. For every family who has lost a mother, sister, daughter, auntie, grandmother.
“We want you to know we will never give up on our fight for women to live a life free from violence.”
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