Risk of fatal domestic violence spikes during separation

Jenna Price
Updated February 26 2022 - 8:29am, first published 4:30am
The attacks against Rach by her husband escalated when she mentioned separation. Picture: Supplied
The attacks against Rach by her husband escalated when she mentioned separation. Picture: Supplied

I lived in a violent relationship with my second husband from 2001. I was estranged from my family as he destroyed my mother's property while I was in hospital following the birth of our first baby. It was on our way home from the hospital, he screamed at me while driving, [he said] if I ever left him he would kill me. Then we moved to Wagga.

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Jenna Price

Jenna Price is a Canberra Times columnist and a visiting fellow at the Australian National University.

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