Crisis Accommodation Needed
- Jul 29
- 1 min read
Story: Ian Cole and Rod Corfe
A severe shortage of crisis accommodation is compounding the impact of domestic violence on local families, according to the Member for Barwon, Roy Butler.
“Many towns have no crisis accommodation,” Mr Butler said. “That means that people can be stuck in a house that is not safe with the threat of violence ever-present.”
“Sometimes people at risk are placed in motels, which can then make it fairly easy for the people they’re fleeing from to reach them,” Mr Butler said. […]
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