Jill Meagher murder prompts Melbourne media firms to ramp up safety measures
A number of Melbourne media companies are ramping up safety measures for female staff following the murder of Jill Meagher in the suburb of Brunswick.
Southern Cross Austereo, which is located in South Melbourne, is giving staff the option to take self-defence classes. Since the company’s radio stations, which include Fox FM, require some staff to work late night shift work, the company deemed the safety measures necessary.
SCA’s Melbourne general manager Cathy Thomas, told Mumbrella: “The safety of our team members is a major priority – not just for myself, but for the entire management team here at Southern Cross Austereo. We’ve got an incredibly dedicated team, and we’re committed to ensuring their safety in and around the office.”
“In light of the recent events and to bolster skills and confidence, in particular for the girls in our team, we’re in the process of organising a series of self-defence classes with the team from Fusion Martial Arts for our Melbourne office,” she said.
MCM Entertainment, a media, production and digital firm based on Goodwood Street in Richmond, has plans to install more lighting in its car park and increase the coverage of CCTV monitoring.
The death of ABC production worker Jill Meagher has been heavily covered by the local and national press in the week since her body was discovered 50km from Melbourne’s CBD.
If you do it to bolster confidence, great work. If you do it and it inspires more fear in your workers, you’re not doing anyone any favours.
I wrote about Jill’s death on a broader perspective here:
http://www.kitegirlcoach.com/t.....l-meagher/
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Spend the money on CABCHARGES for shift workers. Self defence is not the answer when we are talking about murderers and rapists especially if they are armed.
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Annabelle, that is a joke right??
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Annabel that is the most blatant and shameless piece of self promotion I have ever seen. I actually laughed when I read your comment.
Thanks for that, it’s been a long day.
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Jill was threatened with a gun, there is no self-defence for a gun, this is not a jackie chan film. best advice is to use your head, walk with group of friends, get a cab home.
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Methinks Annabelle is a nutjob.
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More CCTV cameras will not bring Jill back. They will not stop crimes occuring either. They may assist police in bringing suspects to court. But if the courts cannot, or do not, prevent serious offenders from having access to society, then the whole process will amount to nothing. Lobbying for serious changes to the judicial system and the sentences given to rapists, murderers and violent offenders will have a far greater lasting impact on the safety of all than any number of CCTV cameras or self defence classes could ever hope to offer.
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what sort of lucky country do we live in when subhuman types have more rights than innocents??
im a pacifist but engh is enough- is about time victims of crime(VOC) groups r given more power to changes laws.
we need some Singapore style justice/punishment here re sex crimes/violence.
This is what we are up against peoples-link below
(civil liberty oz lawyer lobbyists living in dreamland protecting predators rights.)
http://victimsofcrime.com.au/p.....criminals/
n.b; councils should run alot more free selfdefence classes.
Some paid self defence classes i found- for women taught by woman .
in northern suburbs -guardian self defence-(brunswick.)
& in eastern suburbs -(caufield) -IDF training.(run VOC classes)
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I have just returned from New York CIty. The governments should adopt their policy of Zero tolerance .This city has cleaned up the scum . Felt safe at any time of night . THe cops don’t stuff around , you commit a crime you are put away. BUgger the civil libertarians , it’s not working . Go back to the old days I say where cops can rule the streets and have the respect they deserve.
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