News.com.au launches anti-street violence campaign

News.com.au has launched an anti-street violence campaign called Real Heroes Walk Away.

The campaign aims to create national awareness among 16-25 year-olds of the impact street violence can have, and how to remove themselves from the scenario.

The campaign also aims to get Australians to sign news.com.au’s social media petition for an education program against random acts of violence and examine the ‘one-punch’ laws that have been introduced in some states, and how they can be made uniformly across the country.

Luke McIlveen, editor of news.com.au, said in a statement: “Our message is simple – when trouble starts, be the bigger person and walk away. As we’ve seen too often, it only takes one punch to end a life. So many young men don’t feel like they’ve had a good night unless they’ve been in a punch-up. Real Heroes Walk Away is about making them aware that a split-second decision to throw a punch could kill someone – and ruin their own lives. Violence erupts in country towns and cities across Australia every night of the week and there needs to be a national conversation.”