AUSTRALIA
SBS
[with video]
By Marion Ives
Ten months after the historic Royal Commission was announced, counsellor help lines are being flooded with calls.
They say people reporting to the inquiry are reliving old traumas.
“This discussion will be quite painful for all of us, but it will also help us to move to a place where we are going to be much better prepared to protect our children”.
The Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia received almost $3 million of extra funding.
It traditionally helps women in New South Wales, but with demand soaring, it has now become a national service.
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