Fish and fries in North Queensland The battered woman is controversial

"I'm pretty sure the community and their customers will get an idea of ​​what they think of that name."

The controversy erupted on Wednesday, as Queensland MPs put politics aside and gathered in front of Parliament at a rally in Red Rose to commemorate the women victims of violence, including Toyah Cordingley.

LNP chief Deb Frecklington said the name was "totally inappropriate".

"I stood side by side with the Prime Minister [Annastacia Palaszczuk] today about refusal of any form of domestic or badual violence against the family, against children, "she said.

"It is totally unacceptable that in our communities everything is done to encourage violence against women."

Green MP Michael Berkman was not impressed by The Battered Wife either.

"Frankly, it's really bad taste," he said.

"We are meeting today in Parliament to talk about the event, which focuses on the scourge of domestic violence in Australia and the need to tackle it.

"A so-called gag order like this only reinforces the cultural acceptance of domestic violence.

"We need to see the opposite of everyone at all levels, from fish and chips to MPs."

The owner of the battered wife, Carolyn Kerr, went to Facebook and said that domestic violence was not a joke.

"I sat on either side of this fence, but you presume I name it because someone posted something …," she writes.

"I had to close my business tonight for the safety of my junior team and for unscrupulous calls to stuffing / yukky messages and all the appalling reviews."

Ms. Kerr said Seven news On Wednesday, she understood the controversy that the name would create when she chose it, but said it would bring awareness of the "very real problem" of society.

"It's impossible for me to understand that I was promoting domestic violence like all those warriors on the keyboard they are fighting over," she said.

"The fact that I name my store The Battered Wife does not mean that I advocate violence. And when they turn around and become threatening and abusive, they become the people they condemn.

Ms. Kerr said that the shop motto, "The only abuser to know", also shed light on this problem.

"With all that we have trouble with our society right now, it's my little way to mark on my own what should not be, to make people talk about it and to make it happen. reflect."

Ms. Kerr testified that she had witnessed many situations of domestic violence during her tenure as a police officer, but years later, she found herself in the same situation.

"It's such a difficult place to be in your soul," she said.

"We need … a lot more people because it's not just women who are affected by domestic violence, but many more people who want to get involved and say no."