‘The Battered Wife’ fish and chip shop cooks up an online storm
The owner of a Far North Queensland fish and chip shop is sticking to her guns after copping online flak for naming her business ‘The Battered Wife’.
Critics have slammed the owner, former police officer Carolyn Kerr, accusing her of promoting domestic violence.
The shop in Innisfail has the words “The only battering anyone need know” painted in the corner, but some, including a number of Queensland politicians, are refusing to see the humour in it.
Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath said the business “is completely out of step with what (the) community’s expectations are”.
“We’re talking about respect, we are talking about changing culture,” she said. “There’s nothing funny about a statement like that.”
However, Kerr, who is a domestic abuse survivor herself, says the whole thing is “ludicrous”.
“The way it has been misconstrued is quite offensive,” she told Today. “It is disappointing that the mentality of the people who have thrown this at me is that they condemn the violence. They condemn domestic violence but they are using that same intimidation and abusive tactics … They are no better than anyone else.
“It’s a fish and chip shop first and foremost, ‘The Battered Wife’. I make good batter. I am married to my business.”
Sheridan Randall, 2nd November 2018
