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The voices and experiences of those who've lived through abuse were key contributors to South Australia's Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence. And some say keeping their voices at the forefront of the conversation will be vital in achieving real reform.

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00:00Sometimes domestic violence isn't obvious to those who are experiencing it.
00:07Even for survivor advocate Stacey Nealon, who was forced to call on police for protection from an ex-partner.
00:14I realised that all I'd seen was movies of drunk men hurting women.
00:22And so my experience didn't meet up to that.
00:26The co-founder of Pay Our Respects, an event honouring women murdered in Australia,
00:31is one of 5,000 people whose voices informed the Royal Commission.
00:36She says it's crucial people with lived experience are front of mind as the government begins implementing the recommendations,
00:44among them independent monitoring.
00:47We consider that the Ombudsman is a perfect implementation and impact monitor.
00:52Why? Because they're already existing.
00:56That could be actioned immediately.
00:58That would be a really strong commitment from the government to say, you know, we are all about being accountable.
01:05The SA Ombudsman agrees accountability is vital to ensure urgent and structural reform.
01:12She's welcomed the recommendation to do the role with appropriate resourcing.
01:17While we certainly accept that there is a virtue associated with independence, whether or not the Ombudsman is the best office for that will be something that we will consider.
01:26The Commission highlighted a crisis-driven system.
01:29If we don't address the problem at the cause, what we're seeing is men moving from one partner to another and creating further harm.
01:38As well as Community Transitions runs a phone service for men.
01:41More than 200 used the service last year and 100 have ongoing counselling.
01:47They say expanded prevention will depend on the response to the remaining 129 recommendations.
01:54The Commission will be here.
01:55The Underwater University will see many more Nev Senators.
01:57But they aren't able to address any further complaints.
01:58They will see them that they are currently dealing with different options.
01:59The New York County has been addressed to many of the settings.
02:00They are currently dealing with several of the restrictions on the covert.
02:01The New York County has been addressed to many of the registrations.
02:02The New York County has been addressed to many of the restrictions to the specifications.
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