Backlash over WA store selling 'wife basher' t-shirt

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A clothing shop is refusing to stop selling a 'Wife Basher' t-shirt, despite angry backlash over concerns it glorifies domestic violence. 9News

A WA clothing shop is refusing to stop selling a 'Wife Basher' t-shirt, despite angry backlash over concerns it glorifies domestic violence.

It comes as the nation reels from the deaths of Hannah Clark and her three children at the hands of her estranged husband in Brisbane. Premier Mark McGowan today joined those calls, saying the owner should "hang his head in shame".The shop's owner has defended the slogan, claiming it's slang for the popular beer Emu Export

 

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