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‘WE SPOKE TO OUR DAUGHTER ABOUT ALLISON’

It’s been 10 years since Allison Baden-Clay was murdered in one of Australia’s most shocking domestic violence crimes. Sue Clarke, who recently sat through daughter Hannah Clarke’s harrowing inquest, is questioning why the system is still letting victims down.

“It’s just unthinkable that 10 years down the track we’re still talking about the same issues – the need to protect women from the people who have promised to love and respect them,” she tells New Idea.

In February 2020, Sue’s daughter Hannah, 31,

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