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Australians fleeing family and domestic violence are increasingly accessing government-funded homelessness agencies, but not all requests for help are being met, a report reveals.
The Specialist Homelessness Services 2019/20 annual report shows 119,182 of 290,462 clients experiencing or at-risk of homelessness - or just over 40 per cent - had gone through some form of family and domestic violence.
That s up almost 3,000 people from 116,419 over the previous 12-month period, with women making up 90 per cent of adults in this category.
Just over half of clients under 18 were also affected by family and domestic violence, but it was less skewed along gender lines.