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There’s No Place Like Home

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Content warning: This podcast deals with domestic abuse and family violence. Click here for helplines.

There's No Place Like Home: After She Leaves

When we speak about domestic abuse and family violence, there’s one question victim-survivors are asked again and again. “Why didn’t you just leave?”

The simple answer is: because sometimes that’s even more dangerous.

In the third season of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, new host Tara Rae Moss shares real stories from women - and men - who’ve seen firsthand how abuse transforms after separation. Plus, hear from the experts running men’s behaviour change programs about perpetrators’ tactics and excuses, and how they’re working to change their attitudes.

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“I actually discovered that from the point we separated, he started creating fake diary notes to make it sound like I was the abusive one.”

—Nikki*

*Not her real name

Our host

Tara Rae Moss

Author, advocate, speaker and healer

Tara Rae Moss is an internationally best-selling author, human rights advocate, holistic practitioner and speaker. She’s spent her career driving positive change by telling real people’s real stories - especially the stories of women and girls.

“One of the theories is that, especially when women leave, abusive partners move away from trying to control the victim to moving to destroy the victim.”

—PROFESSOR HEATHER DOUGLAS AM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENT FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

The cold, hard facts

- On average, one Australian woman will be killed by a current or former partner every nine days
- 1 in 4 Australian women (23%) have experienced physical or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner since age 15
- Family and domestic violence is the main reason women and children leave their homes in Australia
- Sadly, 1 in 5 Australians believe domestic violence is a normal reaction to stress
- Separation is a particularly dangerous time. Between 2010-2014, more than a third of female victims who were killed by a male former partner had separated less than three months beforehand
- Pregnancy is another significant risk factor. 17% of women who experienced violence from a former partner experienced violence for the first time during pregnancy
- First Nations women are 31 times more likely to be hospitalised for family violence-related assaults than non-Indigenous women and 7.6 times more likely to die as a result of family violence
- Women with disabilities in Australia are around two times more likely than women without disabilities to have experienced sexual violence and intimate partner violence
- People living in remote and very remote areas are 24 times more likely to be hospitalised as a result of family violence
- 1 in 3 migrant and refugee women in Australia have experienced some form of domestic and/or family violence

Domestic and family violence is an epidemic. Violence against women in particular costs the Australian economy more than $26 billion each year, the majority of which is borne by victim-survivors. It’s time to treat it like the national emergency it is. But first? We have to listen and we have to learn.

“He wants total control of this person, he wants her as not a separate human being in his life, but as a piece of property.”

—DR BRIAN SULLIVAN, RED ROSE FOUNDATION CEO AND FOUNDER OF SICURA DV

Our proud partner

There’s No Place Like Home was made in collaboration with CommBank, which is supporting long-term financial independence for victim-survivors through CommBank Next Chapter.

About Next Chapter

CommBank Next Chapter has been helping victim-survivors of financial abuse, perpetrated through domestic and family violence, rebuild their financial independence. To find out more about this program and the support available, visit Commbank.com.au/NextChapter

Helplines

In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000.

If you have experienced or are at risk of family and domestic violence and/or sexual assault, you can call the national counselling service 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).

If you are experiencing a personal crisis or thinking about suicide, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14 at night.

The Men’s Referral Service is offered by No to Violence and provides assistance, information and counseling to help men who use family violence. They can be reached on 1300 766 491.

The Kids’ Helpline is a free, private, and confidential, telephone and online counseling service specifically for people aged between 5 and 25. They can be reached on 1800 551 800.

There’s No Place Like Home is an FW podcast in collaboration with our proud partner, Commonwealth Bank, who are committed to helping end financial abuse through CommBank Next Chapter.

No matter who you bank with, if you’re worried about your finances because of domestic and family violence, you can contact CommBank’s Next Chapter Team on 1800 222 387 within Australia or visit commbank.com.au/nextchapter.

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