The Scale We Don't Talk About

How many Australian kids are growing up around domestic and family violence? The honest answer is bigger than most of us want to believe, and until we can look at it clearly, we can't change it. To open the season, Kirrily sits down with Professor Tim Moore, Deputy Director of the Australian Catholic University's Institute of Child Protection Studies and one of the researchers behind the Australian Child Maltreatment Study, the first research of its kind to capture how many Australians experienced abuse or family violence growing up. But this conversation is about more than numbers. Professor Moore and Kirrily get into why children so often feel invisible to the adults around them, what it takes to be the adult who actually sees them, why young people want to be part of building the solution, and the small, everyday actions any of us can take to become that person in our own community. If anything in this episode feels close to home, 1800RESPECT is there any time, day or night, 1800 737 732. For more resources and information on our events and programs, head to runagainstviolence.com. If this episode got you thinking, don't keep it to yourself, send it to one person in your community who needs to hear it. And if you've got 30 seconds, leave us a review on Apple or Spotify. Every share and every review helps this show reach another community. This podcast was recorded on Gadigal and Wiradjuri land. CREDITS: Host & Producer: Kirrily Dear Executive Producer & Supervising Editor: Pariya Taherzadeh Audio Editor: Graham Hunter The Run Against Violence podcast is independently funded by the Broken Hill to Sydney Team Chase. Every entry and every piece of merch powers the movement to eliminate family violence from our communities.