Avos

Her voice was clear, eloquent and well-mannered. “I’d like to have the AVO cancelled, please,” she told the clerk confidently.

The Tele's Warren Brown on the rise of AVOs

They see a lot, staff of local court registries and maybe this was nothing new. Curious, I turned to see who was speaking, not entirely sure of what I expected to see. Noting an appearance to match the voice - blonde, well-groomed and aged in her early-to-mid 20s - the young woman went on.

“You see, I was really drunk the other night, and I said a lot of things I didn’t mean.”

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  • Tracy says:

    03:01pm | 16/04/12

    There is such a skewed ‘truth’ here. I am separated and for 6 months have been awaiting a decision finalising my AVO.  Although I am not subjected to “high” levels of violence, the intimidation, threats, control and ‘arseholism’ I have been subjected to over the last 6 months do need… Read more »

  • Amanda Mac. says:

    02:56pm | 09/01/12

    I’ve got one for you….. My partner has an AVO application pending which the police took - not the woman (ex wife) just because she went and reported an incident. She didn’t sign / refused to sign a statement. The story that she told the police was that she pushed,… Read more »

 

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