#New South Wales

[coochiequeens]

Finally a peice that talks about how 5 of the 6 in the people killed in the sydney stabbings were women. And yes he was mentally ill but he felt entitled to a girlfriend.

By Victoria Smith 16 April, 2024

Did Joel Cauchi, the man who killed six people in a Sydney shopping centre, do so because he was mentally ill? Or did he do it because he hated women?

Five out of six of Cauchi’s victims were women, which does seem targeted. Nonetheless, according to his family, Cauchi, 40, “battled with mental health issues since he was a teenager”. For this reason, some have found talk of misogyny unseemly, if not exploitative. To categorise Cauchi’s act as male violence against women, if not terrorism underpinned by misogynist ideology, can be appear dismissive of genuine sickness. Sometimes, bad things just happen because people are unwell. 

For women who live with men who have severe mental health diagnoses, there is little comfort in discussions such as these. On the one hand, there is an enormous amount of pressure to downplay the idea that mentally ill men are more likely to be violent than other men (they are, but to say so is viewed as contributing to stigma). On the other hand, is it fair for a man with severe mental illness to be judged by the same moral standards as other men? Shouldn’t we be recognising that they cannot control their perceptions and fears?

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The Sydney attacker was desperate for a girlfriend, his family has revealed as police confirmed that he had targeted women.

Joel Cauchi killed five women and one man during a knife attack on the Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre on Saturday.

Karen Webb, the New South Wales police commissioner, said: “The videos speak for themselves. It’s obvious the offender had focused on women and avoided the men.”

The majority of the 12 people Cauchi seriously wounded were female, including a baby girl.

Andrew Cauchi, his father, said on Monday he knew why his mentally unwell son had targeted women. The 76-year-old told reporters outside his home in Queensland: “Because he wanted a girlfriend and he’s got no social skills and he was frustrated out of his brain.”

Describing his son as “very sick”, he described trying to deal with the feelings of “loving a monster”.

A “heroic” policewoman who stopped a lone knifeman mid-rampage during a killing spree in a Sydney shopping centre has been named.

In one of several heroic attempts to disarm the attacker on Saturday, Amy Scott, a NSW Police Inspector, walked up calmly behind the attacker and ordered him to drop his weapon.

When he refused to do so and lunged at her with a knife, she shot him.

Six people were killed after the culprit – later identified by police as Queensland man Joel Cauchi – went on a stabbing spree in Westfield Bondi Junction, including a mother whose baby is reportedly now in a critical condition.

“She is certainly a hero. There is no doubt that she saved lives through her action,” Anthony Albanese, the Australian prime minister, said on Saturday.

#Joel Cauchi #Sick men still feel entitled to a girlfriend #male violence #Mentally ill men can be dangerous #bondi junction #New South Wales #Rest In Peace the baby’s mother Ashlee Good age 38 #Rest In Peace architect Jade Young age 47 #Rest In Peace artist Pikria Darchia age 55 #Rest In Peace 27-year-old economics student Yixuan Cheng #Rest In Peace Dawn Singleton age 25 who was looking forward to her upcoming wedding #Rest In Peace Faraz Tahir age 30 who died a hero #Even the Cauchi family recognizes that NSW police inspector Amy Scott did the right thing

[mysharona1987]

#child labor #jam #news #australia #new south wales #capitalism

[pangeen]

“ Three Sisters “.// Steve Zhang

#Three Sisters Peak #New South Wales #Australia #nature #landscape #mountainscape #wwaterfall #river #Forest #trees #aesthetics #wanderlust #explore #follow #discover

[quiltofstars]

The Milky Way arching over Lake Mungo, Australia // John Rutter

#astronomy #astrophotography #night sky #beautiful #landscape #galaxy #spiral galaxy #our galaxy #our home #milky way #milky way galaxy #nebula #emission nebula #lake mungo #new south wales #australia

[oceaniatropics]

Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia 

#tropical #jungle #rainforest #blue mountains #new south wales #australia #mountains #nature #scenery #Wilderness #travel

[vintagecamping]

Cooking breakfast over an open fire. Cooleman, New South Wales

1977

#vintage camping #campfire light #cooleman #new south wales #australia #road trips #camping #history #family #1970s

[nando161mando]

Sydney healthcare workers are part of a global movement calling for an end to the genocide currently taking place in Gaza.

#nswpol #nswgov #new south wales #nsw #australia #free palestine #freepalastine🇵🇸 #palestine #ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #fuck neoliberals #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #albanese government #free gaza #gaza strip #gazaunderattack #gaza genocide #gaza #israel #israhell #benjamin netanyahu #fuck netanyahu #netanyahu a criminal of war #says netanyahu as us sends warships before gaza invasion #fears of new front in hamas war as hezbollah chief issues chilling threat to israel and netanyahu says ‘don’t test us’ #genocide

[hoiist]

Know an Australian? Send this too them! Know someone who's spent time in Australia and has an opinion? Send this to them too! We can start a fight

#Australia #straya #im expecting a tie #this is so stupid but here me out #western Australia #south Australia #new south wales #victoria #Tasmania #Australian Capital Territory #act #northern Territory #nt #wa #sa #nsw #vic #tas

[trb752]

The home of Phil Jeffs with his cafe on the ground floor, right.

Ettalong Beach, New South Wales, Australia

This photograph was taken by Press photographer Sam Hood c1945.

Unfortunately this building has since been demolished.

#art deco #art deco design #art deco architecture #art deco style #streamline moderne #Australia #new south wales

[visitheworld]

Meroo National Park, NSW / Australia (by Elise Halina).

#australia #visitaustralia #new south wales #meroo national park #travel #seascape #beach #seacliffs #wanderlust #bucketlist #placestosee #nature #australie #oceania

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Eastern water dragon photographed on the Illawarra escarpment in NSW.

Image credit: Keelan Orrock

#keelan orrock #photographer #eastern water dragon #reptile #australia #new south wales #animal #illawarra escarpment #nature #close-up #australian geographic

[trixter-god]

It’s not funny but it is the truth

#queen elisabeth ii #queen elizabeth #scotland #ireland #new south wales #wales #uk politics #uk news #england #god save the queen

[pangeen]

“ Peace by the Fire “ // Will Rogers Horses

Music:  Bon Iver, St. Vincent - Rosyln

Coffeeman: Kira Julius

#New South Wales #Australia #animals #horse #trainer #dressage #fire #cofeebreak #reel #reels #explore #follow #discover

[famousinuniverse]

Sydney Light Rail, New South Wales, Australia: The Sydney light rail network is a light rail/tram system serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The network currently consists of three passenger routes, the L1 Dulwich Hill, L2 Randwick and L3 Kingsford lines. Wikipedia

#Sydney Light Rail #New South Wales #Australia

[oceaniatropics]

Stephen's Peak, New South Wales, Australia 

#tropical #Stephen's peak #shoal bay #sunset #new south wales #australia #ocean #sea #beach #mountains #nature #rainforest #jungle

[ilikeit-art]

#new south wales #greenfield #beach