RLC in the Media: Safer Pathway team helps domestic violence victims rebuild their lives

Date published

25 September 2015

RLC's Sydney Women's domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service and Local Coordination Point as part of the Safer Pathway NSW domestic violence Reforms was profiled in the Sydney morning Herald.

25 September 2015 - Sydney Morning Herald

Emma Partridge

'Sarah* did not see it coming when her boyfriend walked in the door of their Paddington apartment after a few work drinks.

He started by calling her fat, poking her and then pushing her around their living room...'

Read the article on the Sydney Morning Herald website.

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