My GC reported that a 34 year old man has been charged with multiple domestic violence offences, including enter dwelling with intent by break, wilful damage and grievous bodily harm. But he does not appear in the headline. Invisible perpetrators are a constant in FixedIt. It matters because headlines are supposed to be a short summary […]... Read More

Another invisible perpetrator. The Courier Mail reported that a 25 year old man has been charged with  one count each of grievous bodily harm, wounding, deprivation of liberty, and contravention of a domestic violence order. But he does not appear in the headline. Invisible perpetrators are a constant in FixedIt. It matters because headlines are supposed […]... Read More

The Morning Bulletin reported that a 26 year old man pleaded guilty to multiple charges in relation to two violent assaults on his partner. A 16 year old girl tried to stop the second assault after he punched his partner, lifted her up out of a chair, pulled her shoulder back and bit it, let […]... Read More

If a man and a woman meet on Tinder and the man later is accused of violence against the women, you can guarantee Tinder will be the first word in the headline of any article about that accusation. Channel 7 News is not the only one and won’t be the last one. If they had met […]... Read More

Another invisible alleged perpetrator, this one in the Toowoomba Chronicle. A 34 year old man was charged with entering a premises with intent to commit an indictable offence, wilful damage and causing grievous bodily harm after he allegedly forced his way into a woman’s home and stabbed her. He does not get a mention in the […]... Read More

The South Coast Register reported that a 68 year old man was in court over multiple charges of allegedly sexually abusing a six year old girl. In an utterly staggering headline, they described the alleged rape of a little girl as the 68 year old man “having sex” with her. She was six years old. […]... Read More

The Courier Mail reported that Damien Duncan Hooper allegedly kidnapped a woman, held her for two days, threatened her with a knife, strangled her, punched her in the face, burned her with a cigarette, pushed her out of a car, drove the car over her legs and threatened a child. He was arrested and charged with […]... Read More

If a man and a woman meet on Tinder and the man later is accused of violence against the women, you can guarantee Tinder will be the first word in the headline of any article about that accusation. Channel 9 News is not the only one and won’t be the last one. If they had […]... Read More

Kevin Leslie Baker has been charged with dozens of crimes against children, including 24 counts of indecent treatment of boys under 14 years, five counts of indecent treatment of girls under 17 years, 14 counts of carnal knowledge and one count each of unlawful wounding and deprivation of liberty. The Bulletin reported he was in […]... Read More