Clearly, something went horribly wrong at Lifeline for anyone at the organisation to even contemplate inviting extremist feminist activist Clementine Ford to appear as a keynote speaker.
It took nearly 14,000 signatures on a petition to the suicide prevention group to have Clementine Ford removed.
In fact, the event, which was set to occur on 29 May at The State Library Victoria in Melbourne (‘Recognise, Respond, Refer’ by DV-alert & Lifeline Australia) was cancelled rather than removing Ford.
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