Declan Gooch

And a happy Canberra Day to those who celebrate …

The confronting data exposing the patterns behind gendered violence deaths An analysis of data by the ABC shows 69 women were killed in instances of gendered violence last year in Australia. All but 10 were killed by someone known to them.

Almost 70 women were killed by men in Australia last year. @georgiaroberts.bsky.social has been collecting this data herself, on behalf of the ABC, and amidst her usual job, for 12 months. It provides some tragic and shameful insights but no one should be surprised. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

Recalling the terror and drama of Canberra's Jolimont Centre siege Three decades on from the chaos in the centre of Canberra.

As the Canberra Times says here, the building was also home to two local radio stations. Miraculously, no-one other than the gunman, who shot himself, died.

ABC Canberra on Instagram On the morning of November 29, 1993, a gunman put local emergency services to the test when he shot at civilians and exploded his ute in the Jolimo...

It's 30 years since a dramatic "siege" at Canberra's Jolimont Centre - the city's intercity bus terminal. I'd not heard about it before today... in fact I didn't even know it was called the "Jolimont Centre" until the weekend, when I got on the bus to Sydney there and walked past the sign.

I’ve actually heard it in the wild - I don’t think anyone says it ~seriously~ but it was definitely out there before the word of the year thing