Case numbers increase dramatically and frontline workers say support services are struggling to help those in need
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Hayley Foster, chief executive of Women’s Safety, New South Wales, has worked in domestic violence support for 15 years and she’s been shocked by what she’s witnessed this year.
“2020 will be remembered as the worst year for domestic violence that any of us who are in the sector now have ever experienced,” says Foster.
