Parley Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 How horrible. http://www.theage.com.au/queensland/cairns-stabbing-eight-children-dead-in-manoora-home-20141219-12ar3g.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Yeah i watched the news report on sky, the woman doing the newscast broke down in tears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach pig Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Yeah mate just heard it on radio. Very very sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 What a terrible thing- so sad. Not been a good week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 innocent children ..:no: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 A 34 year old woman is assisting police with enquiries. she had a self inflicted chest wound. She obviously didn't do quite as good a job on herself as on her poor kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrutineer Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 How horrible. http://www.theage.com.au/queensland/cairns-stabbing-eight-children-dead-in-manoora-home-20141219-12ar3g.html This is what the treadmill was for. Or maybe the iron maiden. If I were the judge I think I'd mull both but go for the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1cha3la Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Hearbreaking. RIP little ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrutineer Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 I wonder where the murderer comes from? I'm thinking somewhere exotic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 One of the articles mentioned Toris Strait Islands but I am not sure on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Very sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest30085 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Does it matter where they are from?!?! Eight children lost their lives today, race or religion are irrelevant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adele244 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Oh my goodness! that is so sad. :sad: Bless those little babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrutineer Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Does it matter where they are from?!?! Eight children lost their lives today, race or religion are irrelevant! See, I don't think it's irrelevant at all. I think it's highly relevant. Violence against women and children is significantly higher in Aboriginal communities and while some like yourself choose to be in denial about this, because you think you're being kind and doing good, others realize that if anything is to be done about it then it must be dragged into the daylight and talked about. It shouldn't be possible that I can read story like this and predict with such certainty that the offender is aboriginal without knowing the first thing about the crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Les Patterson Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 See, I don't think it's irrelevant at all. I think it's highly relevant. Violence against women and children is significantly higher in Aboriginal communities and while some like yourself choose to be in denial about this, because you think you're being kind and doing good, others realize that if anything is to be done about it then it must be dragged into the daylight and talked about. It shouldn't be possible that I can read story like this and predict with such certainty that the offender is aboriginal without knowing the first thing about the crime. The family are not Aboriginal but are Torres Strait Islanders.....completely different race of people......with completely different values towards their children which is why this is so hard to comprehend........as an aside the mother has not been charged and DI Bruno Asnicar has said that at this stage there are no formal suspects as yet......this may of course change with the passage of time........until then making assumptions is probably not the best thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacaranda Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Read this article this morning before work and nearly started crying.What an awful sad thing to happen.Just horrific.:cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Les, the police did say they weren't looking for anyone else which speaks for itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peach Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Mother has been charged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambethlad Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 More needs to be done regarding mental health in the indigenous population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Lets not try and blame the government. This is an appalling crime. 1 person alone is responsible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Lets not try and blame the government.This is an appalling crime. 1 person alone is responsible. It was a comment saying that more needs to be done for mental health services, nobody was completely putting the blame on your government. I don't know the circumstances. maybe she was mentally or but maybe not but I've just read some really disgusting comments on one of the Australian news Facebook pages about it. The loss of children's life is absolutely devastating and I feel so sorry for the remaining family but we don't know her mental health and some of the comments I've read online show why people with mental health problems are so scared to talk about it and sometimes treated badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 It is not an excuse Stacey. Many many people have mental health issues without slaughtering their whole family. It is interesting that people assume she must have mental health issue because she did something so evil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 It is not an excuse Stacey. Many many people have mental health issues without slaughtering their whole family. It is interesting that people assume she must have mental health issue because she did something so evil. Very true. However, not many people without a mental illness (depending on what you class as a mental illness) would murder eight of their children. I don't think anyone's assuming she's ill, but it definitely has to be considered a possibility. Mental health services in rural and remote area are poor in general and there is still a stigma attached to accessing them. Its a tragedy whatever the circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxlornaxx Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Maybe a devestating mental illness was to blame..maybe a mild mental illness was present..maybe no mental illness..ppl who are mentally ill can be good ppl and they can b bad ppl..bad choices arent always mental illness but it can get blamed..adding to stigma..she is being assessed by mh services..maybe we will find out real story n prevent it happening again. Awful story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 The 5 different fathers of the kids involved are naturally devastated. Imagine the shock just before Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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