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Tuesday 29 September 2020
Jill had been living in Moreland, Melbourne when she was raped and murdered by Adrian Bayley in 2012.
Adrian Bayley is currently detained at Barwon Prison in Victoria.
Bayley was successful in his appeal against a separate rape conviction.
A judge said Adrian Bayley should have been behind bars when he killed the Irish woman.
Bayley was subsequently found guilty of raping three other women, two in the same year as Meagher’s brutal murder.
Adrian Bayley must spend at least 43 years in jail.
Sex workers in St Kilda, Victoria, have signed an open letter to Tom Meagher claiming that campaigning for men to stop buying sex services is ‘not helpful’.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
Meagher was speaking at the launch of a campaign ‘Prostitution – We Don’t Buy it’.
Until we accept that we have inaccurate perceptions about what kind of person perpetrates sexual violence, it will continue.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne is introducing guidelines today to prevent similar comments being made in the future.
Jill Meagher’s family are set to sue the state of Victoria as they claim the government failed to protect their daughter by letting Bayley out on parole.
All of the news, none of the waiting.
One was just two months before Meagher was killed.
Jill was three months younger than me: her life should have been lived parallel to mine. Now the landmarks of my life seem tainted – any happiness is edged with sadness and guilt.
After more than two years, Jill Meagher’s husband has turned his anger and grief into positive action.
Dunham described Tom Meagher’s words as ‘beautiful’.
Jill Meagher’s husband says he will always hate his wife’s killer, Adrian Bayley.
Jill Meagher’s husband has decided to become an advocate for a men’s movement against violence 18 months after his wife’s brutal murder.
Everyone’s talking about Jill Meagher, pubs being closed, and disaster at Mount Everest.
Jill Meagher was murdered in 2012 – now her husband has written a searingly honest and powerful blogpost about violence against women.
“My health is bad. I’ve had three strokes. I have a brain disease but it doesn’t have a great effect on me. Gillian has died” – George McKeon.
The officer at the centre of the storm has defended the use of a graphic image of the murdered Drogheda woman.
The three judges who refused leave to appeal the sentence earlier this year have explained the reasons behind their decision.
Arrests for child sexual assault in Athlone, votes for Irish emigrants and Melbourne remembers Jill Meagher.
The march followed the route the Louth woman was taking home on the night she was attacked a year ago.
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Bayley, 41, had a string of previous convictions for sexual and violent offences and was jailed for 35 years in June.
Melbourne residents have planned a peace march to honour the Irish woman on 29 September.
Oscar Yildiz is due to meet with the woman’s family in Drogheda later today.
Everyone’s talking about Ryanair to sue Channel 4 Dispatches, Aer Arann strike and testicle-eating fish.
Meagher had been living in Moreland, Melbourne when she was raped and murdered by 41-year-old Adrian Bayley.
The state premier of Victoria has said members of the board will now sit down with Jill Meagher’s husband to listen to his concerns.
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Adrian Ernest Bailey was last month sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 35 years.
The husband of murdered Jill Meagher was speaking after her killer was sentenced to life in prison.
The 41-year-old was jailed for at least 35 years for the rape and murder of the Irish woman in Melbourne last September.
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Adrian Bayley was told by the judge that he had “little compunction about sexual offending when the mood took”.
The 41-year-old has pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of the 29-year-old Irish woman in Australia last year.
Support group AdVic has called for a number of reforms, including minimum sentences for homicide.
TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT – Joe Biden and Donald Trump will face off in an election debate in Cleveland.
Highly anticipated, many will see the debate as an opportunity for either candidate to claim a key advantage in what should be a closely-fought battle.
Likely to be combative, it’ll see Democrat candidate Biden tackle Trump on the economy and the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Of course, it’ll be the early hours of the morning by the time any of this airs – and even then, it’s not likely to be an entertainment event for the faint-hearted.
So today we want to know: Will you be watching the first US presidential debate live?
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