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Akubra girl Dolly’s bullying suicide shocks Australia

In a Facebook post, the father of Amy “Dolly” Everett called for more awareness of bullying so his daughter’s life “will not be wasted”.

Akubra also expressed its condolences, issuing a call for all to “stand up” against any kind of bullying.

One in five children in Australia says they were bullied in the past year.

In his emotional Facebook post, written on Sunday, Dolly’s father, Tick Everett, gave no details of the bullying, but said she had wanted to “escape the evil in this world”.

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