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Some people are having trouble accessing the link to the text message that Baxter wrote to Clarke. If so, use the link below. (Note, it was never actually sent to Clarke, but rather was found on Baxter's phone.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sK64433ojUYONPnqr7iTKbzjIjC-ZRSX/view?usp=sharing

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Reading the results of the inquest was quite embarrassing in that it was just emotion and not factual/professional. Shows how even judges etc are fallible and succumb to social media pressure (or perhaps are advocates for the right cause). The talk of pushing people hard at the gym at indicating his predilection to being violent etc. was pretty light on evidence. Also no mention of what access he actually had to kids. If zero, say it (which was implied). I know they recommended his charges should have been harsher (not sure circumstances around charges). Also note QLD will implement all recommendations- so going through FC now, means things just got a whole lot harder. Not one recommended to help men - so strange. They investigate why men join Islamic extremism and do so with a judgmental helpful slant is UK etc. but here it’s he is Evil (which straight away set off a red flag this was not a proper inquest).

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Thank you again Bettina. Your persistence rewards us all; and hopefully will improve life for all fathers, children and extended families: especially mothers who accept the reality that a father in the life of a child is the best for that child psychologically. So many things that happened to RB and in the Dan Jones case are just unbelievable. The human cost is just so dreadful.

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Thank you Bettina. I have for 2 years been seeking in the media more details on the facts of the case, rather than opinion. It was a relief to finally see primary data sources. There still exists questions for me. What ignited the petrol that day? Did Baxter light a match or was it the petrol, perhaps, leaking down to the car exhaust? Is the Baxter letter mentioned the unsent message to Hannah or was there a separate suicide letter and, if so, is it available to the public? If Baxter had week about access to the children (i.e. 50/50, not 70/30) would there have been no DVO and therefore no escalation and the family would be alive today? Were any of Baxter's allegations of Clarke investigated and determined true or false? If Hannah informs the police that her name is "Hannah Baxter" why does the press refer to her and the children as "Clarkes"? If Mensline had put Baxter in touch with Dads In Distress - dids.org.au - that meet weekly in Logan (no 12 month delay, just fathers helping fathers to cope and retain hope) would the family be alive today? ALP MP Graham Pettit has a private members bill that seeks to reform the Family Law Act to remove the verbiage of "shared parenting" as it angers parents who believe they should get equal time - would his reforms have saved the family? Other minor political parties advocate for a rebuttable presumption to equal shared parenting time - would 50/50 (week about access) have meant no DVO for Baxter and therefore the family would be alive today? Was there comment from Officer Kent about her DVO on Baxter and is she OK or herself traumatised by the snowballing affects of her decision? "Why? Because Baxter was evil" is an unsatisfactory answer to conclude the inquiry, thus we have the death of Obi Stanley (and others) and they will continue until we properly interrogate all the touchpoints (government or otherwise) prior to filicide & suicide. Bettina, thank you for taking a great deal more care than mainstream media on this important case and hopefully, as a nation, we can find real lessons from this tragic event as the full picture emerges - we owe this to the deceased and to future generations. Thank you.

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Rowan Baxter, played rugby league, a football game where players are of huge risk of experiencing Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which can only be diagnosed on autopsy. Did the pathologist examine Rowan Baxters brain and what were the findings if they did?

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I have just read the text and wow, what is Hannah's relationship with that police officer?

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A symptom of a sick society on the verge of collapse... When the state gives over reaching powers to the police to enforce political narratives you know you're in a socialist hell hole, Australia's is just as ugly as Venezuela's but our politicians put a lot of makeup on it to keep you placid while they take every right from you.

You can put lipstick on a pig... It's still a pig.

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Bettina

The only value of ADVOs is typically to protect the backside of the police.

Seriously

Peter

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Very thought provoking article, once again. It has opened my eyes again. I see exactly what you mean by powderkeg men, and how such tragedies evolve in our current bureaucratic system. As a young kid growing up with a father suffering mental illness the Hanna Clarke tragedy has a number of similarities to my story; which you've eloquently unwrapped. Suffice to say i don't think our family would be alive today if my 'ill' father was subjected to the current DV bureaucracy and bias. In those days (late seventies) biplolar disease hadn't been diagnosed, our family and community handled it as best they could (with 'practical' police help) and i survived. However, my father didn't and dad took his own life, but not that of anyone else. He has been at peace now for 40+ years and so has our family. Not exactly a win-win outcome but the best for a potentially powderkeg tragedy. My advice to those at risk, is look in the mirror first, see the heart in every person (not the behaviours) and don't delegate responsibility (and control) of your life/situation to incompetent and indifferent authorities. Be careful what you wish for in other words)! There is no simple fix and i would rather be the one pulling the strings than those without resources, experience or empathy.

You are a strong and passionate person to speak out rationally on what is an emotive and irrational debate and very indifferent public and media. You are the epitome of a genuine values-driven professional. For the most, our once esteemed professions are now puppets and cheer leaders for vested interests, mediocrity and big government/business. You are light in the dark helping everyone to see what is constantly being shaded.

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I've always wondered what the accurate story of Rowan was, yes he did an horrendous act that can no way be justified in any sane rational persons mind, but there is the tell he was in no way sane or rational when he committed those abhorrent acts, I am sure he was driven to this culmination of a situation he found himself in with (in his mind) no way out poor bugger and poor Hanna and the children, of course authorities don't want the full story out in the public forum, the Police, welfare officers, councillors all have a share of blame in the tragic tale, the authorities know full well that the way they are dealing with Domestic Violence and Male Female relationships is totally wrong and all it achieves is to inflame an already highly emotional time in these peoples lives and ensures its going to end in tears without a shadow of a doubt.

My own experience proves that to me, I have never been in trouble with the law ever in 50 odd years on this planet, until one day I had an argument with my partner and raised my voice at one stage in sheer frustration, the neighbours heard us arguing so called Police they attended spoke to us and left, only to come back 5 days later with a summons for me to front court on Stalk and intimidation charges !oh and an AVO against me even though my partner didn't even know about it, the charging officer actually apologised to e saying she had fought this action being taken but the domestic violence team had pushed and bullied it thru to charge me.

So then it was a nightmare from there on in, they asked her to meet with the councillors and domestic violence team who proceeded to school her what to say in court and to keep a diary of each day etc etc, convinced her she was in danger so she moved out ( we had been together 7 years ) she was young and impressionable though and believed every word they said.

she started manipulating the situation making it worse and I remember feeling completely out of control of my own lifer had no where to live, very little money (legal fees broke me) it kept piling on and on until I was so furious I wanted to really hurt someone luckily I have a son who is 6'4 and built like the proverbial; who talked and shook some sense into me, but I now have complete disdain for law enforcement in this country and its courts for railroading me so effectively when I had done nothing wrong in the first instance.

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Apr 23, 2022·edited Apr 23, 2022

Typicalof the way they manipulate everything that doesn't fit in with their party line

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Rowan Baxter did not want to do what he did. He was "Boxed-in" to killing his children, or as the inspector said "Backed-in". Having been treated so badly, he was broken, and having exhausted every option to see his children, he made the terrible conclusion that his children would also be treated terribly for their whole lives. Sadly concluding, doing what he did quickly, would protect them from a lifetime of pain.

Even those involved will now see what their actions did to create this terrible situation. These deaths can be prevented! The current direction is making it more likely people and innocent children will be harmed or die. For those that want to know, the full explanation of other side is available on www.solvingdomesticviolence.com with videos/movies of and it explains how he progressed to the logical conclusion of doing what he did. This material is actually for separating and alienated fathers to use as a tool to change the alienating parents behavior. There is information on how the situation could have been prevented in the Baxter family case.

Desperate fathers now have a new option when all others are exhausted.

The evidence in the inquest actually confirmed he was "Boxed-in", rather than an inherently violent and controlling man acting out his evil. People just accept the story they were told at the inquest. The information was provided to the inquest and it wasn't even accessed. So it is confirmed they selected what suited the conclusion they wanted.

Bettina, I previously invited you review and potentially represent it in Australia. I would be happy to extend that invitation again. If you provide me the best contact (as email did not get a reply previously) I will provide access and we can discuss. The first movie length video has totally changed those that see it.

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I have friends connected socially and commercially to Hannah and Rowan. The evidence they gave to police wasn’t used. They sat in furious silence through what they referred to as a “disgrace of an inquest”

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I know of a male who met his ex partner at work, we heard 11 years later his best friend observed her almost stalking him at work. His work colleague didn’t tell him that she had previously had a brief affair with a work colleague, she found out he was married, she relentlessly harassed this man and his family when she found out he was married. This male started seeing the woman, the signs were there early, she isolated him from his family, convinced him to buy a home, got pregnant without his knowledge. She then started isolating from his friends to the point where all he did was work and look after the children, he lost contact with everyone. He was miserable, when he came home from work his ex would be passed out drunk, the house unlocked at night with the children in the house. This woman controlled everything and the male was miserable, she convinced him to get engaged, he couldn’t bear to ask her, he gave the ring to the children to ask her. She announced to her Facebook friends she was engaged. Weeks later he came to his senses and separated from her. That is when her revenge started, false allegations of bad parenting, false allegations of non physical domestic violence ( coercive control and financial abuse) strategies she learned from her work. Then came allegations of stalking, she was relentless, police found allegations unsubstantiated. This male was warned by police she would not stop, she convinced police she was being stalked. Now this male has been locked up for 12 months, denied bail many times, prosecutors have lied, police have lied. They are trying to mentally break him into a guilty plea. He is staying in jail and pleading not guilty, he has to, this woman will not stop until she wins. He has not seen her since 2020, yet she acts the victim and the qld police enable her. This male has amazed us all, he has so much inner strength and is determined to expose her at the trial. Evidence is there she and her family have lied, his family and friends can’t wait for her and her family to be exposed as a liars.

To all males out there, don’t fight for child custody just walk away.

Thanks Bettina for your story, women use there children as weapons for revenge, in the future we will have another stolen generation.

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Appreciate the article. Didn't know anything about this (I'm from the States) but am not surprised the coverage has been black and white, man-bad, woman-good and innocent, when the reality is much messier and ugly. While nothing can justify what he ultimately did, what she did to him is a 'good' example of female evil: violating their marriage, then destroying him and detaching him from his children, by lying about him.

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Thanks for your hard work exposing what really is going on. Well done.

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