NSW domestic violence systems concern after Newcastle woman's complaint

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated May 25 2016 - 8:58am, first published 8:52am
Concerned: VOCAL support workers Kerrie Thompson (left) and Rachael Garrick outside the Silk Hotel in Newcastle. Even the hotel's owner said it was not "ideal" for women because it was primarily for men. Picture: Simone de Peak.
Concerned: VOCAL support workers Kerrie Thompson (left) and Rachael Garrick outside the Silk Hotel in Newcastle. Even the hotel's owner said it was not "ideal" for women because it was primarily for men. Picture: Simone de Peak.

A WOMAN fleeing domestic violence chose her car rather than a NSW Government-referred “last resort” Newcastle hotel room in March, prompting questions about a system that puts traumatised women in emergency accommodation with men, including men on parole.

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