Model wife reveals how brutal attack in broad daylight changed her life forever: 'I live in fear'

This woman asks a good question. I can answer it. I long ago argued that those who commit violent crimes should be permanently detained. That would eliminate most crime as most offences are committed by people who have previously offended.

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More than a decade after she was attacked by a stranger in her own street, Tahlia Giumelli has asked the grim question on the minds of so many Australian women. 'Will there ever be a time where as women, we feel safe even when walking in broad daylight?'

The model, mother-of-two and wife of South Sydney Rabbitohs player, Tom Burgess, took to Instagram to share the experience that still impacts her to this day, revisiting the moment she was attacked in broad daylight.

'14 years ago today, the day after my 17th birthday, I was walking home after school and was followed and attacked in my street at random,' she said in a post to Instagram. 'That one event would forever change my life.'

'Spending months in and out of police stations, interview rooms, working with the police to draw up a sketch and months later eventually lead to a positive ID and arrest, which would then turn into more months of trials and waiting before a sentence hearing and ultimately a jail sentence for multiple offences against women.'

In an Instagram post in 2018, Ms Giumelli spoke out about the attack and shared her anger at Australia's 'growing problem' of violence against women. The post coincided with the murder of Melbourne women, Eurydice Dixon.

Ms Giumelli said the man who attacked would go on to reoffend after he was released from jail.

'Unfortunately in the last 14 years nothing has changed, women still can't go for a run or walk without being attacked or worse as proven recently in the media.

Speaking to the Daily Telegraph in 2018 she said her experiences as a teenager left her with post-traumatic stress disorder, and nightmares.

'I live in fear. I live in fear because it has happened to me and it is still on the rise,' ­Ms Giumelli said. 'I have a six-foot five (196cm), built boyfriend and I am still scared. 'I will always look behind me, I will never walk at night.'

Ms Giumelli said as a mother, she is now forced to teach her daughters to remain aware of their surroundings at all times, simply by virtue of being born female.

'Now as a mum of two girls, it's my duty to teach them to constantly be alert to the dangers around them and to teach them the confidence to defend themselves because they are female,' she said.

'To think 14 years on, women are still as vulnerable as ever.'

Ms Giumelli posed the question to her followers: 'When (will) we stop feeling vulnerable because of our gender.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13220817/Tahlia-Giumelli-speaks-moment-changed-life.html

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Brave bus driver who stepped in to help teenager who was allegedly bashed and robbed by a gang is SACKED

Forbidding employees from intervening to stop crime is a very "woke" and totally obnoxious policy

A bus driver who tried to help a teenager who was allegedly being robbed and bashed has been sacked.

The driver was at the wheel of the 250 bus in the Brisbane suburb of Cleveland at about 1pm on February 18 when three teenagers boarded the vehicle, Redlands Community News reported.

The youths allegedly took off with the victim's possessions, the Transport Workers Union (TWU) said, and the teenager chased after them.

But when the youngster was allegedly attacked by the group, the driver stepped in.

'The driver intervened by verbally and physically separating the youths to prevent a further attack,' a union spokesman said.

TWU Queensland Director of Organising Josh Millroy said the bus driver was later fired for his actions by Transdev, which operates bus transport in Brisbane.

'The driver bravely intervened in the (alleged) violent assault and protected their passenger but was subsequently stood down and later had his employment terminated for misconduct,' Mr Milroy said.

'This driver should be praised for standing up … and protecting their passengers, not punished for having the bravery to act.'

Queensland Police said a 16-year-old boy had been charged with attempted robbery in company and he faced Cleveland Children's Court on March 1.

A 15-year-old boy was cautioned. Police are still investigating.

'Safety is paramount on board all our services, this is why our drivers are professionally trained in all aspects of heavy vehicle transport from driving, customer service to de-escalation training,' a Transdev spokesman said.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13219387/Outrage-brave-bus-driver-sacked-helping-teenager-allegedly-bashed-robbed-gang.html

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I live in Finland, this is why it's NOT the best place to live despite what the world happiness rankings say!

It's that time of the year again: crappy weather and people sliding around in the Helsinki slush – and the seemingly inevitable confirmation that Finland is, yet again, the happiest place on the planet.

For the seventh year in a row, Finland has landed the top spot in the annual World Happiness Report, followed by its northern neighbours Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden.

The stats supporting this conclusion are based on the Gallup World Poll covering more than 140 countries.

Nobody is more skeptical than the Finns about the notion that we are the world’s happiest people.

Yes, we do have speeding fines that are based on income, and probably the highest concentration of metal bands in the world. But being the happiest seems like a bit of an overstatement.

The recently elected Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, took to the social media website X to share his reasons for the country’s success – basically, nature, trust and education.

But then he would say that, having a untypically optimistic personality and an annoyingly positive approach to life and everything. Begrudgingly, I have to agree with him on these three topics, but only to some extent.

We actually love our reputation for having the best educational system, but also let's be loud and clear about the fact that the latest PISA results (Program for International Student Assessment) reveal that performance in Finland has collapsed even though it remains above average.

A sustainable and strong economy? Not really. In less than three months Finland has had two major political strikes affecting many sectors of the economy, and the government and trade unions are still failing to negotiate a happy way forward.

And let's not forget that Finland used to have one of the highest suicide rates in the world thanks to alcohol abuse and antidepressants. These days the suicide rates have been halved but it is still slightly higher than the EU average.

For some reason, the Finnish youth are now failing to follow in the drunken footsteps of the previous generations.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has added to our sense of insecurity. We have even joined NATO.

The 1340 kilometres long border with our annoyingly expansionist neighbour is currently closed because the wise men in the Kremlin decided to start funnelling migrants to the border.

It's quite annoying for all the business near the border that depended on tourism from Russia.

So I would say that Finland is definitely not among the unhappiest countries in the world, but we still have some work to do before the average Pekka would agree with the UN-sponsored happiness report.

However, if and when Russia loses the war in Ukraine and is forced to withdraw with its tail firmly between those wobbly imperialist legs, then we definitely would actually be very happy.

So happy, in fact, that the happiness results for the next decade or two would be a foregone conclusion.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13219751/I-live-Finland-NOT-best-place-live-despite-world-happiness-rankings-say-need-mention-constant-threat-Putin.html

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Once again, achieving the feminist dream turns out to be a nightmare

In the end it was not what she wanted at all

A high-flying financial services executive has described the moment her life fell apart while looking at herself in billionaire James Packer's bathroom mirror.

By age 30, Jo Wagstaff was responsible for a $40million budget and 150 staff working as an executive at wealth management firm Colonial First State across brand, marketing, product and client services.

She was then poached to help improve the Packer-controlled Challenger Financial Services Group, one of the Australian Stock Exchange's 200 largest companies.

Wagstaff had made her way to the top of the male-dominated financial services industry by age 32 and thought she had everything she wanted.

She drove a brand-new BMW paid for with cash, flew business class, and wore designer clothes.

Wagstaff and her investment banker husband had a healthy 14-month-old boy and were building their dream home on Sydney's lower north shore.

You’ve made it honey. You did what you set out to do. You showed them.
Then one day her whole perfect world came to a crashing halt.

Wagstaff, who is now an international leadership coach, mentor and mental health/ mindfulness speaker, details how her old life unravelled in her new book Lead Like You.

The last evening of that existence began in a corner office on the top floor of an office building with spectacular views over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House.

Ahead of a meeting at Packer's multimillion-dollar Bondi pad, Wagstaff's assistant brought her a black lace Collette Dinnigan dress and a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes.

Dressed for success, Wagstaff took a lift down to a waiting limousine which took her to the front door of Packer's beachfront apartment.

There she was welcomed by Packer and joined her male business colleagues for a welcome cocktail party, she recounts in the book.

Packer and his father Kerry were major shareholders in Challenger Financial Services Group and James sat on the board.

Wagstaff says in her book that arriving at Packer's home was 'a heady experience being surrounded by so much masculine intellectual horsepower'.

'I was desperate to feel safe, to feel equal, to not feel powerless,' she writes. 'To feel seen and acknowledged, to belong, to feel enough.

'Alternatively, I would try to compete with them, try to be like them - just one of the boys, living my masculine traits of doing, striving, achieving, competing.'

Wagstaff felt she had finally made it and was awestruck as Packer led her on a tour of his home.

'I vividly remember excusing myself from the group, walking past a huge, stunning fish tank and entering the powder room,' she writes.

'I looked at myself in the mirror, but this time was different. It wasn't a superficial glance to check if I looked attractive enough.

'I looked deep into my own eyes, and said out loud, "You’ve made it honey. You did what you set out to do. You showed them".'

At the same time, Wagstaff saw in her reflection 'the saddest, loneliest eyes'.

'In that moment, while I was not yet ready to admit it to myself, I saw the truth,' she writes.

'I had dishonoured and abandoned myself in my need to feel liked, loved, important, successful, powerful and, ultimately, safe, particularly in a very male-dominated world.

'That was the day it all began to unravel.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13220975/James-Packer-Jo-Wagstaff-bathroom-mirror.html

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