Thread by @DrWilliams

Long thread: In ONE year in Australia:

55,300 children live out of home because their homes are too unsafe
Child Protection Services are looking after 159, 000 at-risk children
32, 000 children had claims of abuse substantiated
6,200 hospitalisations due to family violence

2/ 288 children hospitalised due to family violence

In ONE year in Australia
The police record 25,000 sexual assaults

3/ In ONE year in Australia
The number of Domestic violence assault victims were
18, 800 in WA
4500 in NT
7100 in SA
28,800 in NSW
1000 in ACT
1400 in Tasmania
There were 11,300 charges of fam violence offences in QLD

In one year @Vicpol recorded 78k fam violence incidents

4/ So when you look at those numbers, those raw, horrific numbers, that are occurring in ONE year alone - how many would you expect to see in jail?
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5/ There is only a TOTAL of  41,000 prisoners in Australian  jails ....12,000 of which are First Nations people. @sandyosullivan

6/ Since most victims of dom assault tell no one & since most victims of sexual assault tell no one, & we know there are literally millions of victims of sexual & fam violence in Aust & that the overwhelming majority of those victims continue to live in fear of their perpetrator

7/
My Qn is where are the services that respond to the PTSD & other trauma symptoms that develop as a consequence? Where are the publicly funded health services that can accommodate treating the severe mental health consequences of child abuse, rape & fam violence?

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