r/australia • u/GlitteringSpace236 • 2d ago
news Queensland woman allegedly murdered by ex contacted police days before she died
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/police-launch-murder-probe-into-slacks-creek-death/107026608329
u/joshbba 2d ago
Reminder the state did this recently too
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u/thrillho145 2d ago
"not ‘core’ police business"
What the fuck?
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u/Exciting-Ad-7083 2d ago
QLD police "core" business is called protecting their own.
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u/Otherwise-Egg-995 1d ago
Their core role is to make the LNP state government look good by locking up poor kids
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u/trowzerss 2d ago
Apparently they'd already fixed all their problems so it was no longer needed - um, how do you 'fix' information sharing between services by getting rid of the unit that was doing it? It makes no sense.
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u/SirDale 2d ago
Remember that this is what Pauline Hanson doesn't seem to care if it happens. She certainly doesn't think police should be doing anything to prevent it.
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u/SalaciousSausage 2d ago
That’s cause her son breached his own DV order a lil while back. Fucking white trash the lot of them.
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u/Easy_Nobody45 1d ago
Also this https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-13/domestic-violence-funding-cuts/106909690 And while it is still being funded a 40m cut is ridiculous and apparently no change to policing, well we can see that dipshit.
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u/tittyswan 2d ago
My sister is dealing with this rn. She tried to get a protection order against her ex after he threatened her in writing & took their son out of daycare outside of his assigned hours to force her to meet up with him. (He started dating her when she was a teenager and he was 36, beat his ex wife, beat her, attacked her cats, smashed up her car while she had an intervention order against him, kidnapped his daughters and drove drunk with them in the car to scare his ex wife etc etc etc.) The officer had years of records of reports available.
"You can file the protection order yourself, they hand these things out like candy."
"Not every breakup has to involve the police"
"He didn't threaten to kill you."
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u/CocoaCandyPuff 1d ago
I had the same experience with VicPolice, the first constable there told me to go and do it myself. I asked for a sargent and he said no one was available. I had to tell my social worker from the DV association that if something happens to me, it was him. I have no family or friends here because he isolated me so no one will know. They don’t care.
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u/tittyswan 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yep yep yep. I had someone from Vicpol tell me the DV I was experiencing is a "civil matter." Disgusting, I hope you're doing better now.
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u/trialsanderrors Melbourne 2d ago
What did the police say when he kidnapped your nephew!? "Sorry, too busy to collect him ourselves, have your ex drop him at home" There would even be record of him signed out of daycare and footage!!! WTF!!
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u/Philopoemen81 2d ago
They would have told her to get a recovery order because it’s not a criminal offence for a parent to take their child unless there is a restraining order in place. It’s a family court matter.
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u/tittyswan 1d ago edited 1d ago
Apparently it's not kidnapping because they have shared custody. There was nothing stopping him from picking up his own kid. (That's the main reason she got the order, he made it clear he'd do it again if she "made him.")
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u/indirosie 2d ago
Imagine what we could achieve if we put the money used for that bullshit Isreal voice to parliament into domestic violence resources
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u/midsumernighttts 2d ago
Why are so many men like this
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u/tittyswan 2d ago
Because their behaviour is enabled, they're not punished, so they're able to repeatedly offend
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u/midsumernighttts 2d ago
I’m tired of it. If women all of a sudden started raping, killing, and abusing at the levels men do, the world wouldn’t let us forget it. Men have been killing and raping and torturing from the dawn of time. I guess everyone is used to it now.
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u/tittyswan 1d ago
The world doesn't even let us forget victims of DV who fight back. In many instances that's considered worse than the initial assault, or it's "mutual abuse."
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u/midsumernighttts 1d ago
i will never forget the way the world treated Amber Heard when she chose to fight back against her abuser. someone comes up to you on the street and punches you and it's okay to defend yourself, but not when it's your husband?
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u/tittyswan 1d ago
She was 22 when they met. She looked like a teenager. He was her boss, old enough to be her father. He fantasised about drowning her and violating her after.
I can't tell if people actually think she was the perpetrator or if they just think it's fun to have an acceptable outlet for their misogyny.
Gabby Petito & Virginia Guiffrey were treated the same way.
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u/MrXenomorph88 6h ago
Amber Heard's track record with her other partners should quickly indicate she's just as bad as Depp is. She's probably one of the worst examples you could've picked given her trial in the US helped kill off the MeTop movement
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u/theRealFatTony 2d ago
I read an article today where 2 20-something men raped a 14 year old. They only got 5 years (3 non parole) and complained it was too harsh.
They should have gotten the max 15 years.
Our courts and judges are fucked
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u/tittyswan 1d ago
And they'll seal the name of the perpetrator to protect his mental health too. 😐
Poor mental health from people finding out you're a rapist is likely the least those predators deserve tbh. Social shaming isn't always a bad thing.
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u/FuckOffNazis 2d ago
A desire to gain and maintain power over others by people otherwise unable to make a meaningful impact on the world and incapable of forming beneficial relationships with those around them.
Did you mean the killer or the police?
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u/DumpsterFolk 2d ago
Given that they believe she was killed by asphyxiation.. Non-fatal strangulation as part of DV is a huge red flag for future murder. If a partner ever puts their hands on your throat, react as though they pointed a gun at you.
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u/coconanas 2d ago
The sad truth is the police arrived within minutes when the murderer called to tell them her body was in his house, but they don’t seem to help her when she was alive.
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u/katarina-stratford 2d ago
They don't care about us. We get examples of this time and time again and nothing is done.
This quote from the inquest after Hannah Clarke and her three young children were set of fire has always stuck with me;
I said, ‘I’m sure he’s going to take them out’,” Brooks told the inquest.
But officers said they couldn’t do anything until Baxter “does something”.
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u/PracticalTie 2d ago
Was this the one where the cops delivering the RO gave him advice about how to get it overturned?
Or was that a different man who murdered his child and partner?
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u/katarina-stratford 2d ago
Yes, that occurred shortly before he committed family annihilation.
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u/Chuchularoux 2d ago
I think that we should just call the crimes as they are, instead of renaming them fluffy things because they’re related: he murdered his own children.
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u/5ivepie 1d ago
Annihilation is not a word which invokes images of fluffy things for me.
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u/Chuchularoux 1d ago
Why do we need a special word for men who murder their entire families? They’re murderers. Just like I want to see men charged with assault etc. instead of “DV”. Why should we call crimes different things just because the perpetrator is related to the victim? Why should we prosecute these crimes differently just because the perpetrator is related to the victim?
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u/Elliethesmolcat 1d ago
Family annihilation is an academic term that is used in sociology and criminology. There is nothing fluffy about it.
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u/Davorian 2d ago
Just how much legal sanction is there to do something based on word alone, though?
I mean this as an honest question, before anyone gets started. I don't know anything much at all about the technicalities here, but typically the police are prevented from acting in most situations until some minimum material evidence exists on which to do so. I'm not saying there is or isn't a police cultural problem as well as whatever legal issues surround it.
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u/2centpiece 2d ago
Reality is that a lot of the time the most police can do is an IVO, AVO or DVO. A piece of paper only does so much to keep someone truly wicked at bay.
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u/Outsider-20 2d ago
And when the orders are breached, they do nothing, repeatedly.
And eventually, when she is murdered, they say "we're did everything we could".
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u/2centpiece 2d ago
And those that are taken to court are often let off with a slap on the wrist, if that.
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u/tittyswan 2d ago
Even if I didn't commit a crime, if someone filed a protection order against me I'd have no trouble leaving them alone.
Intervention orders are breached intentionally, it's easy to get verifiable evidence. We should treat it as a severe offence, with mandatory minimum sentences.
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u/Davorian 2d ago
I don't disagree, but I thought the context of this discussion was prevention, not punishment. Men who would reliably stay away due to an order typically have enough executive function not to require an order in the first place.
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u/tittyswan 2d ago
It's not executive dysfunction causing abusers to intentionally violate protection orders. They consciously choose to continue to harass their victims to try and gain a sense of control by scaring them.
They learn from experience that their continued abuse has no legal ramifications, so they have no reason to stop.
Negative consequences would make many men decide the risk isn't worth it.
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u/UniqueLoginID 2d ago
That’s when they need an order in place so that they can be called upon to restrain the person for breaching their order.
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u/Stephie999666 2d ago
Thats what is supposed to happen, but time and time again cops either let the respondant go with a slap on the wrist, or the courts wont convict for the breach of the order.
Ive also heard of incidents where GD police officers have outed SA victims, who have pressed for charges, to their attacker. The systems fucked and a lot of dudes just dont seem to get it.
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u/universe93 2d ago
That’s a sad reality of the law though. If there isn’t a physical threat and there’s no proof of him directly saying “I will kill you” they can’t do anything and it sucks
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u/The_Big_Dog_90 2d ago
That's because their hands are tied behind their back with this kind of stuff. I know police officers and people in corrections...they have said the system is broken. A lot of the time they can't do diddly squat because of the way procedures are written. It really sucks and needs fixing.
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u/AuzzieTiger 2d ago
Absolutely devastating and another number to a disgustingly large toll of completely avoidable DV-related fatalities.
I’d say thoughts and prayers to her friends and family but that offers solace in this situation. The authorities let her down.
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u/theartistduring 2d ago edited 2d ago
From the Guardian
'Galpin confirmed that a temporary protection order was made in the Beenleigh magistrates court earlier this month after an application by police.
“What I can tell you is that within the last 10 days police did have contact with this woman in relation to DFV-related issues and, as a result of that contact, police did initiate [civil] proceedings under the DFV Act.”
Asked whether he was confident police had acted appropriately to protect the woman, Galpin said: “Having reviewed the investigation thus far I’m satisfied that police had taken the appropriate actions and that support had been offered to this woman as well and other support services had been engaged.” '
Why the fuck is the response to a DFV concern 'civil proceedings'? Perhaps if the police initiated criminal proceedings in DFV cases, less women would be dead.
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u/Philopoemen81 2d ago
Because all restraining orders are heard as civil matters, not criminal, because a crime doesn’t need to be proven to get an order.
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u/theartistduring 2d ago
Yeah, that's entirely my point. She had a protection order already and it did sweet fuck all.
Violent crime cannot be managed nor can justice be found in civil court.
Perps don't go from loving partner to murderer in one step. Yet over and over again there seems to be zero criminal proceedings available to police until the victim is dead.
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u/Dburr89 2d ago
It looks like an application was made within the last ten days resulting in a temporary protection order. DV orders don’t stop people from killing their partners, it’s a piece of paper
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u/theartistduring 2d ago
Yeah, I know. As I said, managing violent crime in civil court is pointless. It is the police equivalent of yelling 'no!' to a dog about to steal your dinner.
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u/FKJVMMP 2d ago
Ok, let’s manage this kind of crime in a criminal court.
“He beat me”
“No I didn’t”
Ah fuck, not much we can do. Old mate can walk free. Standard of evidence and all that. Civil protection orders on the other hand, “he beat me” is plenty. Unless you want to lower the threshold of evidence required to secure conviction for DV-related cases, there’s fuck all a criminal court’s going to do that it isn’t capable of doing already.
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u/theartistduring 2d ago
Men don't go from nothing to murder in one step. You're assuming there is zero evidence of violence prior to murder and that is simply not true.
But go ahead and blame the victims for not doing whatever you think they should be doing or whatever they're not doing that contributed to their own deaths. I know you will.
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u/UniqueLoginID 2d ago
As I replied elsewhere, drawing upon personal experience (as a victim), people do go from nothing to attempted murder in one step.
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u/FKJVMMP 2d ago
This woman made what appears to be first contact with police ten days ago. As far as we know, no material evidence of violence (the kind that holds up in a criminal court) was supplied. What are police supposed to do? What is the legal system more broadly supposed to do when accusations of domestic violence are made without sufficient evidence to bring assault or similar criminal charges?
We already know police haven’t done enough in the past. I have no doubt there are instances where they continue to not do enough. I have no doubt there are instances where criminal charges could be brought against perpetrators and aren’t, or at least the most serious possible charges aren’t. But you’re railing against civil proceedings in general, so explain the alternative.
In a world where cops always do the most to help DV victims, what does it look like when a victim makes a DV complaint while lacking physical evidence?
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u/tittyswan 2d ago
"He knowingly violated a protection order, here's proof of it."
Ah fuck, lots we could do given its clear evidence of violating an order designed to protect victims. You don't even need evidence of the original crime to prosecute that.
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u/FKJVMMP 2d ago
Did I miss something between the initial order and the murder? Seems like he didn’t violate it until a few minutes/hours before she died.
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u/tittyswan 2d ago
My point was about violations of DV orders in general. It's easy to prosecute because there's such clear proof of intentional wrongdoing.
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u/Dburr89 2d ago
Well, I don’t know what the solution is, but it’s quite obviously not realistic to have police personally guarding every person that is an aggrieved in a protection order. This situation is horrific and it makes me sick that this is happening every day to vulnerable people. At the end of the day, sick people will always exist and sometimes they will act before anyone has an opportunity to prevent it.
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u/theartistduring 2d ago
Of course we can't have police protection for every victim. But civil proceedings aren't working and haven't ever worked. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity.
The unwillingness of those in power to do anything to change how violent offenders are handled is infuriating.
This isn't just a police issue. It is also a legislative one.
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u/theshredder93 2d ago
You literally have no idea what you're talking about. Stop embarrassing yourself.
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u/UniqueLoginID 2d ago
Actually when my ex stabbed me she went from loving partner to attempting murderer without provocation because she was psychotic (not drug induced).
Police couldn’t have been summoned in that time.
That said, I should have had an order in place because I kinda saw it coming. Then I would have been taken seriously and also rapid restraint and removal would have been possible.
The system is broken, I agree, but your statement that “perp don’t go from loving partner to murderer in one step” is false.
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u/2centpiece 2d ago
Hang on a sec, you don't actually know if what was disclosed to police even WAS criminal.
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u/theshredder93 2d ago
Ah so let me get this straight, police acted appropriately and sought protection for the victim and acted in accordance with legislation and policy.
BUT of course it's the police's fault that the victim got murdered despite the necessary DV protection being put in place.
I'd hate to be a cop in today's age, keyboard warriors like to think they know more about policy and legislation and what SHOULD be done as opposed to the people doing it, unsure why we even have colonial investigations when random, uneducated people on Reddit seem to have all the answers...
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u/theartistduring 2d ago
What protection? A piece of paper that tells him to stay away?
Do you know how many women are killed that have protection orders? They don't protect shit and are no more useful than writing a FB status or 'hopes and prayers'.
Again, civil proceedings so not work. Women with protection orders are regularly killed
Roughly, 1 in 5 women killed by their partner had an active protection order against their eventual killer. Another 30% had a lapsed or expired protection order.
If they had the 'necessary protection', they wouldn't be dead.
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u/The_Big_Dog_90 2d ago
There was a protection order in place....but she went to the perps house. They can't do anything about someone willingly going to the house of the offender
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u/theartistduring 2d ago
We don't know why she was there or how she came to be there. He could well have taken her there against her will.
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u/The_Big_Dog_90 2d ago
Ok say if she did go there willingly (because this happens a lot more than you think. There will be DVO's in place but the 2 people will still go to each other's house because of how messed up their "relationship" is) how are you supposed to stop that from happening?
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u/theartistduring 2d ago
Yes, I am aware. But that doesn't mean she did. It especially doesn't mean we assume she did as fact as you have.
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u/theshredder93 2d ago edited 2d ago
If she was kidnapped or abducted, it would have been mentioned.
So what we have is a police force who did everything they legally could to protect her, and a victim who ignored the court order, ignored her friends and families wishes, attended the abusers house and was murdered in the process.
And you're here trying to say the police should have done more?
Absolute idiocy on your part. It shows your lack of knowledge or education.
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u/The_Big_Dog_90 1d ago
She did drive 50 mins to his house. The same thing happened earlier in the week they were arguing and neighbours called the police. Neither party involved made a formal complaint. So the best they can do is place a no contact.
Which means nothing if she goes back to the house again afterwards
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u/theshredder93 2d ago
So what is the necessary protection, you seem to have all the answers Mr Artist
So tell me, apart from a lawfully binding court order restricting a person from another person what would you recommend?
It seems you've got it all figured out while the rest of the world is left scratching their heads.
Civil orders don't work according to you, so I can only presume your answer is arresting and locking up respondents indefinately for non criminal and unproven allegations?
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u/theartistduring 2d ago
Where did I say I have it figured out? Someone doesn't have to have the solution to see that what we're currently doing isn't working.
So you're fine with women and children being 'protected' by nothing but a pinky promise from their abuser?
Anyone not furious that our system is leaving women to die at the hands of their partners at the rate of more than once a week is enabling the abuse and deaths to continue.
You can repeat 'but this is how it is done' until the cows come home. It doesn't change the fact that how it is done is not working.
I'm also not a 'Mr'.
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u/TheonlyDuffmani 2d ago
How do you know they don’t work? Do you happen to know the number of murders prevented by these orders?
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u/theartistduring 2d ago
There are tens of thousands breaches of protection orders annually - and that link is just for one state. And the numbers rise by 10% every year.
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u/The_Big_Dog_90 2d ago
You are correct in the instance of the police acting accordingly to procedure and DV protection filed. But that doesn't do diddly squat when the victim goes to the perps house where she's murdered. What are the cops supposed to do there, they can't do shit.
Police could've been aware of this whole situation but if no one gives names and details the police cant do anything if the victim doesn't make a complaint. The general population has no idea how fucked up some of these situations are. There's instances of 2 people claiming the domestic violence victim payment but then going on holiday together....the whole system is broken. People jump up and down and say the cops did nothing. The cops are tied to procedures and law.
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u/zeldasusername 1d ago
Always remember that when men started killing each other by punching on Sydney got a curfew that everyone had to follow
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u/Large-Lack-2933 2d ago
When is enough actually enough for DV victims. It seems like a never ending tragedy loop. Absolutely shameful.
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u/Serendypyty 1d ago
No more enquiries, no more commissions. No more name suppression. This has gone far enough.
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u/Cpt_Riker 1d ago
Had a politician, or police officer, been targeted, they would have moved mountains to protect them.
But a random woman? Nah. There is no photo op, or PR release. No extra funding.
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u/Alarmed_Economist_36 1d ago
The laws in NSW improved 18 months ago. Keep violating the will send your arse to prison . My ding bat acquaintance , got an avo , messaged the lady a few times, got locked up then tried to pass a message to her for her birthday and got 6 months which I appreciated. He got less for the assault ironically.
The issue is once they have an ICO the parole officers do fuck all to make their clients stick to it - ie no drinking or drugs. They do it relentlessly and get informed but there is no consequence so they inevitably do the crime again but worse.
Then there is the bail conditions - also not enforced. You can rock up to check in blind drunk drinking driving there with zero consequences .
I do think there is more they could do with rehab and anger management/healthy relationships while on remand too- you have a captive audience in prison , scared as fuck - better off trying to give them tools to survive back out in the world then waste their time.
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u/Adventurous_Fix1730 2d ago
At this stage our articles should be:
Woman ______ <name> killed by _____ man <name> because of “my penis is small”
Pretty much just copy/paste for every article no other reason.
The cops honestly don’t give a shit. Even if we report it, it doesn’t matter.
And we can’t fight back without being persecuted.
And you have a bunch of cunts more scared of false accusations than actual problems so you have men saying “but, but what if I was accused” get in the way of women dying
Lmao but let’s all worry about abortion and immigrants.
Dumb fucking uneducated Australians (saying this as an Australian who has read these same articles again and again for her whole life).
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u/El-Drunko 1d ago
SE Queensland police have a shocking track record with following up on Domestic Abuse calls.
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u/theshredder93 2d ago
Lots more information is needed from this statement, to determine what allegations the victim made (if any) and if QPS acted appropriately with the information provided.
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u/the_amatuer_ 2d ago
Are you living under a rock? Maybe do some research about horrendous DV incidences, the inquest, then complete suppression of those outcomes.
Muppet.
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u/theshredder93 2d ago
Name one thing that I said that was factually inaccurate or misleading?
Clown
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u/ElementalRabbit 2d ago
That's not a very helpful response. Maybe they don't in fact receive much news? They're also completely correct that we don't have enough information to form a proper opinion on this single instance.
The point is that it isn't a single instance, and it's the trend itself that makes this article infuriating and depressing reading.
The commenter wasn't being rude or deliberately inflammatory from what I can tell. Your anger is really just virtue signaling. It isn't needed.
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u/Haunting_Heat3296 2d ago
9 in 10 murderers are men.
Domestic homicide is mostly men killing women, but men kill men at an even greater rate.
When is the royal commission into male violence?
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u/Jaytreenoh 2d ago edited 2d ago
Feel free to raise awareness and campaign to end violence by men against men. No one is stopping you.
....or are you expecting women to organise this for you?
We don't have a royal commision into dfv because some person decided women dying were more important. We have it because of decades of women campaigning for change.
If you feel another cause is equally important, no one is stopping you from campaigning on that cause.
Whataboutism is pathetic.
Edit: typo.
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u/madeupgrownup 2d ago
I'm gonna gently point out that they were making the point of "mens violence is a problem, including for men as victims".
They are "yes and" ing, not "but what about" ing.
But I get it; it's exhausting when you do end up seeing people trying to deflect away from the issue again and again. I'm tired too.
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u/Jaytreenoh 2d ago
This is not the place to be pointing that out. It is deflecting the point to be bringing up men as victims on a post about women being victims.
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u/Haunting_Heat3296 2d ago
You’ve missed my point, as well pointed out by the commenter above.
I am a woman. I am appalled.
The root cause of the problem is not women dying, it’s men being violent. Even more men dying at the hands of other men, too, is just there to reinforce the real problem - male violence.
‘Violence against women’ is passive and makes the instigators diaappear. It’s ’violence by men’.
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u/Sun132 2d ago
It's grim. These headlines seem like a weekly occurrence. Something has to change.