Kids escaping family violence can be vulnerable to intimate partner abuse. We must break the vicious cycle

  • Written by: Carmel Hobbs, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Warning: this article includes graphic descriptions of violence.


Nearly 13,000 Australian children aged 10 to 17 sought help alone from specialist homeless services last year. Many of these young people will have escaped family violence and then been endangered by abusive partners.

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