I had a chance to say thank you to some of the organisations that have helped people at possibly their lowest point in the last 18 months. The statistics are well known: an increase in domestic violence with service providers around the country seeing a surge in demand and nearly half saying their clients report an increase in controlling behaviours. That's certainly the case in Macquarie

I wanted the shadow assistant minister responsible for family violence, Senator Jenny McAllister; and the shadow housing and homelessness minister, Jason Clare, to hear the human stories, and they joined me to meet with domestic violence workers in the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury.

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