A staggering one third of Western Australia's homeless are women fleeing domestic violence, sparking two campaigns for major law reform in WA. Despite the homeless support sector struggling with funding cuts, another $44 million is expected to be cut by the federal government in 2017. In the 12 months between 2014 and 2015, almost 7,000 women escaping domestic violence in WA sought help from services – 32 per cent of the requests for help in that period. Victims of domestic violence face a long-term housing crisis, with some waiting several years for stable accommodation. It is this reality which often leads to women risking their lives by returning to abusive partners out of hopelessness -...
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