Rosie Batty

Rosie Batty
AO
Batty speaking at the Women's Lunch on Day One of the 2015 ACTU Congress
Born
Rosemary Anne Batty[1]

1962 (age 61–62)[2][3]
Laneham, Nottinghamshire, England[4]
NationalityBritish, Australian[citation needed]
CitizenshipBritish, Australian[citation needed]
Known forDomestic violence campaigner
ChildrenLuke Batty (2002–2014)
Awards

Rosemary Anne "Rosie" Batty AO (born 1962) is an English-born Australian domestic violence campaigner. She became a campaigner in 2014, after her 11-year-old son Luke Batty was murdered by his father, Greg Anderson.[5] She was made Australian of the Year in 2015.[6]

As a campaigner, she has spoken publicly about her experiences as a survivor of domestic violence to raise public awareness and advocate for social changes.[7] Batty is considered to have had a significant influence on national public attitudes, philanthropy, government initiatives and funding, support services and police and legal procedures related to domestic violence in Australia.[7][8][9]

In 2016, then prime minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull said of domestic violence in Australia that "cultural change requires a great advocate, and Rosie has been able to do that in a way that I think nobody has done before".[10]

On 10 June 2019, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the general division as part of the Queen's Birthday 2019 Honours recognition for her "distinguished service to the community as a campaigner and advocate for the prevention of family violence".[11][12]

  1. ^ Witness Statement of Rosie Batty, Royal Commission into Family Violence, 6 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Rosie Batty named Australian of the Year". Sky News. Australia. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Mother says Luke loved and trusted his father despite his problems". The Age. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Former Lincoln school pupil watches ex-partner batter their son to death with cricket bat in Australia". Lincolnshire Echo. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  5. ^ Garner, Helen (October 2014). "Mother courage – At Home with Rosie Batty". The Monthly. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Australian of the Year: Rosie Batty awarded top honour for efforts to stop family violence". ABC News. Australia. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Rosie's Story". www.abc.net.au. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Australian of the Year Awards". www.australianoftheyear.org.au. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  9. ^ Wheildon, Lisa J.; True, Jacqui; Flynn, Asher; Wild, Abby (25 August 2021). "The Batty Effect: Victim-Survivors and Domestic and Family Violence Policy Change". Violence Against Women. 28 (6–7): 1684–1707. doi:10.1177/10778012211024266. ISSN 1077-8012. PMID 34431729. S2CID 237292973.
  10. ^ "Outgoing Australian of the Year Rosie Batty's legacy". ABC News. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Rosemary Anne BATTY". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  12. ^ "2019 Queen's Birthday Honours full list: Companions, Officers, Members, Medals, Meritorious and Military". The Canberra Times. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.