family violence victims can039t always trust those meant to protect them inquiry told /

Lack of trust in courts,police and crisis centres means family violence service system is failing in its effectiveness, expert tells royal commissionVictims of family violence cannot trust that courts, and police and crisis services will be able to protect them,the chief executive of apt Shepherd youth and family service, Rhonda Cumberland, and has told the royal commission.
Cumberland was the first to give evidence as the commission’s public hearings began on Monday,drawing on her experience as a former director of the women’s domestic violence crisis service and her work with the Victorian government’s family violence reform unit.
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Source: theguardian.com