'Unprecedented': domestic violence shelters reach capacity amid Queensland housing crisis | Queensland
Women escaping violence are staying in refuges for years due to a lack of alternative social housing, providers say
Source: theguardian.com
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Women escaping violence are staying in refuges for years due to a lack of alternative social housing, providers say
New laws include the overriding of the Human Rights Act to allow children to be charged for breaching bail
Legal groups also criticise the push to override the state’s Human Rights Act to create the offence
One organisation estimates more than 300 women and children are ready to leave its shelters but cannot do so