FW’s award-winning domestic violence podcast is back

Internationally-awarded domestic violence podcast There’s No Place Like Home returns for a third season, ahead of International Women’s Day 2025. New host Tara Rae Moss shares the real stories of victim-survivors who fled violent relationships but still couldn’t escape their abusers. Sub-titled, After she leaves, this series reveals the heightened risk of abuse after separation for victims of domestic-violence. 

“Last year there was an alarming increase in the number of women killed by violent men who were known to them,” says FW Deputy Managing Director Jamila Rizvi.

“Domestic and family violence is rightfully being recognised as a national emergency but that doesn’t mean our community fully understands it.” 

“It is all too common for people to ask ‘why doesn’t she leave?’ – as though it’s that easy. In this powerful third series of There’s No Place Like Home, listeners will hear affecting true stories that prove abuse often doesn’t end when a relationship does. It simply transforms”. 

Separation is widely recognised as one of the most dangerous times for victim-survivors.  According to the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Network’s latest analysis, in more than half of all cases where a woman was murdered by a man (58%) there was either intended or actual separation.*

There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, was created by FW as part of their ongoing  partnership with CommBank Next Chapter, a bank-wide commitment to help end financial abuse and support people on their road to long-term financial independence. 

CBA’s Group Customer Advocate, Angela MacMillan says, “What we see is that financial abuse can be really isolating and frightening, as well as complex and often misunderstood. And because of this people may confuse acts of financial abuse with what could on the surface appear as an act of love or devotion.”

“By sharing these real experiences and stories first-hand from victim-survivors and experts, this podcast helps to reveal the ugly truth of financial abuse. We hope this helps more people to spot the signs of abuse as well as better understand how to help anyone they care about who could be experiencing it.”

*Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety. (2022). Australian Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Network data report: Intimate partner violence homicides 2010–2018.