1.Pakistan Rape
A horrific rape, with a terrifying end in Pakistan. Where a teenager has had to dig herself out of a grave after being raped by two men who then buried her alive.
The thirteen-year old was abducted from her local village in the Punjab province.
The men took the young girl to an isolated place and raped her and then buried her alive.
But the girl managed to dig her way out the muddy grave and caught the attention of passers-by. After local police refused to investigate, the High Court Chief Justice’s Complaint Cell formally directed them to arrest the girl’s attackers. Statistic show cases of child rape have risen from 668 in 2002 to 2,788 last year, according to the International Business Times.
2. Tanilla Deaves trial
The trial continues today for the man accused of murdering two-year old Tanilla Warwick Deaves at the Central Coast of NSW on August 25, 2011. The accused, Warren Ross, 29, was the former boyfriend of Tanilla’s mother, who is currently serving a nine-year sentence after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the basis of criminal negligence. Warren Ross has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The jury heard that days before her death she had been abused by the accused, he kicked and hit her, made her run laps around the living room before she wet her pants.
Tanilla was put in a cold shower before Ross held her above the toilet bowl by one leg and apparently screamed: “This is the toilet. You’re f***ing filthy.
Top Comments
Good on Jamie for banning his kids from social media. He is simply exercising his rights as a parent to protect his children and say "no" to something that at 10 and 11 they are way too young to use and understand the implications of what they post (in my opinion). We have similar rules in my house, where my children understand that they need to be a certain age before we let them join Facebook, etc. We also feel we are informed parents making a decision to protect our children until they are old enough to be more aware of the world.
Hope they reject the PPL and put the funding towards childcare and increased rebates. That will go much further in increasing workplace participation/return to work.
Not everyone wants to drop their two week old off at the local daycare and race back to work. Paid parental leave is a fundamental part of supporting parents, particularly wormen, to stay in the workforce rather than be forced to quit altogether and go on welfare because they can't afford to take unpaid leave.
Where in my post is a reference to dropping off a 2 week old? The current PPL (Labor's) would still be there for people on a "lower" income…It's about balance. I don't get how quitting work is the only option either…save for the 9 months, take leave, and then return to work within the 12 months required to ensure you have your old job (or equivalent)…BECAUSE you can find childcare and afford it.
If you argue that PPL (which we already have) is essential for women returning to work then you must also support a drop off at the local daycare at some point? How else can a woman return to work without childcare?
I agree with Jb, the current PPL is sufficient. We don't need any taxpayer funded inequality involved in a PPL - we need longer term solutions for parents who work.