Member’s statement
The Lost Petition – the work of artist Dans Bain – mirrors the Great Petition of 1891 signed by 30,000 Victorian women seeking the right to vote. The Lost Petition lists 1007 women and children who, from 2008 to 2022, have lost their lives to male violence. It also recognises women and children who lost their lives to violence by unknown perpetrators.
Tania Maxwell (Northern Victoria) (12:34):
I rise to say a special thank-you to Sue and Lloyd Clarke, who I met in Queensland a couple weeks ago.
I just want to highlight the commitment that they have made since their daughter Hannah and her three children were killed due to family violence. It is a toxic culture across Australia, and it is time that we were able to eradicate this scourge of perpetuated violence against women and children.
That brings me to the ‘Lost Petition’, which is in Queen’s Hall (in Parliament) this week, and I would like to give an enormous shout-out to and thank the artist, Dans Bain, for bringing this petition to the Parliament and for highlighting the number of names that are on that petition, which is so significant. It really brings it close to your heart when you actually see names of people who are on a petition like that, so thank you very much, Dans, for the work that you have been doing.
I also wanted to highlight that the way in which we can eradicate family violence is through the same ways that I have always preached: investment in early intervention and primary prevention.
I look forward to visiting Queen’s Hall today to see Dans’s work. So thank you, Dans, for bringing that here.
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Dans Bain’s Lost Petition
