Shortcut: The Hidden Numbers Behind Femicide and Child Death in Australia
Australian True Crime
Meshel Laurie
4.6 • 979 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.
You can’t discuss true crime in Australia without talking about violence against women and children.
Journalist Sherele Moody has spent years documenting these tragic cases through the Australian Femicide and Child Death Map.
Sherele's passion for the issue was born of many of her own experiences, including the crimes of her own stepfather, and she joins us on Australian True Crime to talk about the hidden numbers and the people behind them.
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You can learn more about Sherele's work and about Australia's Femicide and Child Death Map here.
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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on instagram here.
Guest: Sherele Moody. You can find her on instagram here.
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| 0:00.0 | You can't talk about true crime in Australia without talking about violence against women and children. |
| 0:12.0 | Journalist Shirell Moody has immersed herself in it. |
| 0:16.0 | For many years now, Shirell has tracked every violent death of a woman or child in the country on what she |
| 0:22.4 | calls the Australian Femicide and Child Death Map. It can be found at Australian |
| 0:27.8 | femicidewatch.org. Shirell's passion for the issue was born of many of her own experiences, |
| 0:34.6 | including the crimes of her own stepfather, and she joins us on Australian True Crime to talk about the hidden numbers and the people |
| 0:42.2 | behind them. |
| 0:43.9 | This is Australian True Crime. |
| 0:45.8 | We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created, |
| 0:50.2 | the Wurundri Woi Warang people of the Kulin Nation. |
| 0:53.5 | And a warning, this episode of the Kulin Nation. And a warning. |
| 0:54.9 | This episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of violence. |
| 1:04.9 | I am Hypno Cat. |
| 1:07.4 | Recycle your electricals. |
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| 1:29.3 | Bag them up and search, recycle your electricals to find your local drop-off points. |
| 1:34.0 | Meow. |
| 1:35.0 | Hey, I'm Kevin. |
| 1:36.0 | And I'm PJ. |
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