by Simone O'Brien | Jan 14, 2021 | General
Happy 2021 to everyone. 2020, we sure did learn a lot. We learned that we can stay at home and change our lives if we really need to. And what really stood out for me was that we can actually slow down but not lose the momentum that we have created. When schools and...
by Simone O'Brien | May 25, 2020 | General
Most of us are staying home these days and doing the right thing to help slow the spread of the virus. It is such a great effort by everyone and I’m so proud to be an Australian in times like this. However, this is also not without its challenges. For me, I have...
by Simone O'Brien | Apr 6, 2020 | General
I was really happy when I heard about the government’s recent announcement on increasing support for domestic violence services in the light of the Coronavirus situation. As our nation deals with thousands of job losses, schools closing, rising number of coronavirus...
by Simone O'Brien | Feb 26, 2020 | General
I thought I will write about Hannah Clarke in this blog. I haven’t been myself since I heard about what happened last week with poor Hannah and her beautiful three young children. This has really taken me back a few steps. I was actually in Brisbane, at the time,...
by Simone O'Brien | Dec 19, 2019 | General
What a week it was last week at the Stop Domestic Violence Conference in Gold Coast. It was a fantastic experience. In the opening ceremony, I was listening to the speaker and learned that there were over 300 services ranging from DV Connect, to police, to shelters,...
