University of Newcastle Professor Penny Jane Burke inspires son Timur Bernard's film Still Waters

Helen Gregory
Updated November 29 2016 - 7:28pm, first published November 25 2016 - 9:00am
Powerful: Professor Penny Jane Burke and her son Timur Bernard, who said he hoped the film created a space for conversation around domestic violence. For help: 1800 RESPECT. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
Powerful: Professor Penny Jane Burke and her son Timur Bernard, who said he hoped the film created a space for conversation around domestic violence. For help: 1800 RESPECT. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

PROFESSOR Penny Jane Burke had only recently left the women’s refuge where she had lived with her infant son for a year healing from abuse when one conversation changed her life.

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Helen Gregory

Helen Gregory

Journalist

Helen Gregory joined the Newcastle Herald in 2010. She is the masthead’s education reporter and has written for the H2 and Weekender sections, as well as across a range of issues. Helen is a Walkley Award winning journalist and was also part of the Newcastle Herald team that won the United Nations World Environment Day Media Award for Environmental Reporting.

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