‘Started a new life’: How an Aboriginal woman overcame domestic violence by leaving WA

The Courier Mail Columnist Des Houghton joined Sky News Australia to discuss how Janine Kelly had to leave her family in Western Australia to overcome domestic violence. Mr Houghton says Ms Kelly “started a new life” when a social worker offered her and her daughter two plane tickets to fly to Queensland and escape her circumstances in Western Australia. “She knew that she would have to forever turn her back on her family in Western Australia,” he said. “Come from a dysfunctional place, she was invited to take up an Aboriginal Indigenous academic scholarship and she went to the University of Southern Queensland and did well. “She then went to Griffith University in Brisbane to study filmmaking and did well there.” If you or anyone you know needs support: 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732 Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636