There's No Place Like Home by Future Women
When we speak about domestic abuse and family violence, there is one question victim-survivors are asked again and again. “Why didn’t you just leave?”
Join our new host Tara Rae Moss as she shares the real stories of victim-survivors who’ll reveal how, too often, that’s just as dangerous - and how to keep the next person safe.
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If you or someone you know is affected by domestic, family and sexual violence, contact the national service 1800RESPECT for free and confidential counselling, information and service referral. Call 1800 737 732, chat online 24/7 at www.1800respect.org.au or use the text line on 0458 737 732
If you or someone you know is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in need of a culturally safe support line, you can call 13YARN (13 92 76)
In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000
There’s No Place Like Home is an FW podcast in collaboration with our proud partner, Commonwealth Bank, who are committed to helping end financial abuse through CommBank Next Chapter.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 30
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
8. “The best is yet to come.”
Geraldine Bilston first joined There’s No Place Like Home as a victim-survivor way back in season one. Since then a lot has changed for her, for the better. In this episode of There’s No Place Like H…
7. "This is not punishment."
Dr Brian Sullivan still remembers the man who duped his men’s behaviour change group into thinking he’d changed when he hadn’t. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara R…
6. “Never an excuse.”
It’s been years but Katrina still can’t stand the smell of bourbon. For far too long, her then-partner, Cameron*, blamed his violence on alcohol and drugs. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Ho…
5. “The flipside of image management.”
Janine never thought getting divorced would cost her her friends and family. But when Oscar* told them she was unstable and he was the real victim, it did. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Ho…
4. “Keeping her poor.”
When Janine left Oscar*, he told everyone their divorce had ruined him financially. It didn’t - but it did ruin her. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss sha…
3. “Like a game of chess.”
Conor Pall never wanted to live with a man he calls ‘The Shadow’. But he was forced to. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss shares Conor’s story and investi…
2. "I know where you are."
After two women in Miranda’s* mothers group began to suspect she was being abused, they helped her finesse an escape plan for her and her baby. That’s when Justin’s* stalking began. In this episode …
1. “The ultimate act of revenge.”
Dr Ann O’Neill thought her estranged husband was moving on when he finally signed divorce papers. Days later, he killed their two young children. In the first episode of There’s No Place Like Home: A…
Coming next week: Putting perpetrators in focus
This season we’ll hone in on the insidious patterns and tactics of post-separation abuse, sharing the real stories of victim-survivors and experts’ own insights to show how, often, abuse doesn’t end …
Introducing your new host for season three...
Tara Rae Moss is an internationally best-selling author, human rights advocate, holistic practitioner and speaker who has spent her career driving positive change by telling real people’s real storie…
Why didn't she leave? This season, she'll tell you.
When we speak about domestic abuse and family violence, there is one question victim-survivors are asked again and again. “Why didn’t you just leave?”
Join our new host Tara Rae Moss as she shares th…
Bonus: Can a rapid intervention prevent further domestic violence disaster?
Amanda Rishworth is the federal Social Services Minister. Two years ago her department released an ambitious strategy to end domestic violence against women and their children in a generation. Recent…
8. Hope
The discourse around intimate partner violence can feel dispiriting and, sometimes, it can be hard to stay hopeful. But we need to hold on to hope. Hope for a better way forward. Hope for a future wh…
7. Blame
Have you ever had a partner who made you feel like, no matter what, you couldn’t do anything right? In this episode we examine how criticising and blame shifting are weaponised to break down someone’…
6. Money
It’s estimated that financial abuse happens in 90 percent of abusive relationships.* But despite its prevalence, many people don’t realise how serious it is, or what it actually looks like. Let’s fin…
5. Watched
Tech-facilitated abuse can be overt. Think threatening phone calls or incessant messages. Or it can be covert, where an abuser monitors their partner’s online activity, hacks their emails or tracks t…
4. Jealousy
We’ve all been jealous at some point in our lives. But there is a unique kind of jealousy specific to abusive partners. It’s the kind of jealousy that manifests in forms of abuse we’ve already discus…
3. Gaslit
Gaslighting is the process of denying someone’s experience and what they believe to be true. In the last few years, it’s become part of our vernacular. In fact, in 2022, it was one of the most Google…
2. Isolation
Isolation occurs when an abusive partner inserts themselves between a victim-survivor and the outside world - whether that’s psychologically, physically, spiritually, culturally, or financially. It c…
1. Love bombed
Love bombing is a word you’ve probably heard before. It feels like someone coming on too fast - with extravagant gestures or over-the-top compliments before you've really gotten to know one another.
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