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 Sue and Lloyd Clarke
Queensland State Recipients
Australian of the Year 2022
Sue and Lloyd Clarke, parents and grandparents to the late Hannah Clarke and six-
year-old Aaliyah, four-year-old Laianah and three-year-old Trey, live in Brisbane,
Queensland. Since the tragic loss of their daughter and grandchildren on 19th
February 2020, Sue and Lloyd have become dedicated to spreading awareness about
and putting a HALT on family violence in Australia.

On 19th February 2020, Hannah was going about the morning school run with
her children Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey, when their car was maliciously covered
in petrol and set on fire by her recent ex-husband and the father of her children,
Rowan Baxter. Sadly, Hannah and the children did not survive.

Determined not to let this happen to others and to honour the memory of their
daughter and grandchildren, Hannah's parents Sue and Lloyd set up the Small Steps
4 Hannah Foundation in 2020. The foundation aims to help others experiencing
violence to speak up, support family members to recognise when their loved ones
may be unsafe and provide safe places for people who need them.

Sue and Lloyd have also worked closely with the Queensland Government to
increase awareness of family violence by setting up the Women’s Safety and Justice
Taskforce. Sadly, if laws and measures such as these existed
in Australia before Hannah’s death, she and her children
may still be alive today.

The important work that Sue and

Lloyd have done since Hannah’s death
have seen them recognised as the 2022
Queensland Australians of the Year.
Today, both Sue and Lloyd
continue to fight for changes
to the laws in Queensland
surrounding family violence,
hoping to see this type
of violence become a
criminal offence.

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