Powerful voices reveal the truth of family violence

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Commissioner Natasha Stott Despoja says some stories from her inquiry into domestic, family and sexual violence will haunt her forever. For support contact 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732).

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00:00Some of the stories have been harrowing, as you said, Premier, heartbreaking, and some

00:10will haunt me and my team for forever.

00:14But I've also derived a great deal of inspiration from the hope itself, from those people that

00:22actually do have a vision of a South Australia that is violence-free.

00:26As you heard from the Premier, and you all well know, this Royal Commission was born out

00:31of unimaginable loss.

00:33Four women killed in the space of one walk alone.

00:37We know that one in 30 children and young people in our state has experienced some form

00:44of family, domestic, or sexual violence.

00:46That's one kid in every classroom.

00:49The Commission has found that the domestic, family, and sexual violence system in this

00:53state is fragmented.

00:55It's crisis-driven, and it's silenced.

00:59I believe this report provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity for our state to address the issue

01:05of domestic, family, and sexual violence in a way that we haven't before.

01:10The commitment I make is that on the back of formally adopting seven recommendations that

01:16speak to the governance towards the response, we will be in a position to respond to the

01:22remaining 129 recommendations formally and comprehensively by year's end.

01:27I don't think anybody reasonably believes that this Royal Commission report will make all

01:33these problems go away tomorrow.

01:35But these 136 recommendations contained within it are Sweden reforms that will make a difference

01:42and will allow us to assume a position of leadership if we do it well across the country.

01:48So thank you very much for joining us today.

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