Guardian Australia · Violence against women and girls

I called her Joybell, my soulmate since I was eight. Then her partner killed her and blew up their home

· By Catherine Milne
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Together my best friend Annabel Rook and I worked to support victims of gender-based violence – until she became one herself. Now I feel like a part of myself has been erased. Why aren’t more people outraged?

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