Ms Cheryl Kelly:

It is housing and the fear of the unknown. It is going into a place not knowing what to expect. Sometimes, women fear that if they go somewhere as a single person or if their children are in care, they may end up in a single person's service that could be low threshold. They might not be interested in that. They might also know somebody who is already in the service and not want people to know their business or be afraid that somebody will tell their partner that they are in that service. We need more protective services for women where there is no risk of being seen and their ex-partner being let know where they are staying for the moment. It is about being welfare-based.