Women are tired of feeling scared. We are tired of constantly looking over our shoulders & now we are in fear simply taking our children to the local shopping centre. It’s time to allow us to fight back, we demand the legal right to defend ourselves with pepper spray, a non lethal personal safety device.

Most Australian laws currently prohibit the right to carry pepper spray as a form of protection/self defence. The only form of protection we have as women in Australia is to call the police, but for many it’s always too late. 

We propose that the Australian government look into & reconsider the laws surrounding the right to carry pepper spray, for those with no criminal history of violence. Currently, pepper spray is legal to carry and use for self defence in Western Australia but illegal in all other states. For many incidents, this could have saved lives and if something doesn’t change soon, the inability to carry pepper spray may lead to the loss of more innocent lives and assaults.

Help us fight to start the conversation. Help us to potentially change the laws. Help us give women the option to protect themselves and their children in the event of an attack. We deserve to feel safe. We deserve the right to legally defend ourselves!