On a quiet and idyllic street in the leafy suburb of Floreat, in Western Australia, the actions of a man intent on revenge, sent shockwaves throughout the small community and beyond.

Mark Bombara had been searching for his estranged wife, instead he found her best friend Jennifer Petelczyc, 59 and daughter Gretl, 18, fatally shooting them both, before turning the gun on himself.

A senseless, brutal and cowardly act, which Bombara’s daughter Ariel, says was entirely preventable. 

Days after the horrifying triple murder-suicide, Ariel gave a television interview claiming they’d feared for their lives, not only warning police about his behaviour but also about Bombara’s cache of guns.

Arial Bombara also described the harrowing events that culminated in yet another act of domestic violence.

In this episode Tim is joined by Family law advocate Nicola Jansen from O’Sullivan Davies Lawyers to discuss why men’s violence towards women keeps happening, why laws are failing to protect them and how the process of obtaining Violence Restraining Orders could be changed.

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