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A new government body will review all domestic violence homicides committed in New South Wales over the last five years in a bid to better understand the problem.
For the 104 NSW residents who have fallen victim to domestic violence homicide since 2003, the review offers the prospect of having their murders overturned on appeal.
But the potential for appeals has raised the disturbing prospect of over a hundred dead women being allowed back on the streets having served just a fraction of eternity in the afterlife—and all because of technicality regarding the circumstances of their death. While government sources say that this is a just outcome, critics retort “tell that to the real victims, the perpetrators.”
But with family murder now formally “under review”, its very future is in doubt: the government could even move to phase out the practice within as little as 12 months.
The government has also flagged the possibility of tough new penalties for murder-suicide.
In addition, according to the Sydney Morning Herald report, the government hopes to identify “any gaps in the treatment of victims.”
The Daily Grind understands that domestic violence homicide victims are treated as if they’re already dead.
Five-year-old cases handled as part of the review will be illustrated using grainy flashbacks and music popular at the time, including such hits as Nu Flow by Big Brovaz and anything from Evanescence, except possibly Bring Me To Life.
The plan demonstrates NSW Labor’s ongoing commitment to the issue. The party’s interest in the matter is such that it seems a woman can’t get groped or beaten without a Labor government minister somewhere nearby.
The minister for women, Verity Firth, is leading the project and has special knowledge of her portfolio area, having served as a woman before entering politics.
