There's No Place Like Home by Future Women – Details, episodes & analysis

Geraldine Bilston first joined There’s No Place Like Home as a victim-survivor way back in season one. Since then a lot has changed for her, for the better. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss investigates how we move past domestic abuse - as a society and as survivors. 

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• If you or someone you know is affected by domestic, family and sexual violence, contact 1800RESPECT, the national service for free and confidential counselling, information and support. Call 1800 737 732 or chat online 24/7 at www.1800respect.org.au 
• If you or someone you know is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in need of a culturally safe support line, you can call 13YARN (13 92 76)
• In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000

There’s No Place Like Home is a podcast by FW, made in collaboration with our proud partner, Commonwealth Bank, who are committed to helping end financial abuse through CommBank Next Chapter. No matter who you bank with, if you’re worried about your finances because of domestic and family violence, you can contact CommBank’s Next Chapter Team on 1800 222 387 within Australia or visit commbank.com.au/nextchapter. 

1. The research into children and young people who use violence referenced by Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon: Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS). (2022). Adolescent family violence in Australia: A national study of prevalence, use of and exposure to violence, and support needs for young people. Retrieved from https://www.anrows.org.au/project/adolescent-family-violence-in-australia-a-national-study-of-prevalence-use-of-and-exposure-to-violence-and-support-needs-for-young-people/
2. ‘The Man Box’ study on what kind of masculine behaviours increase the likelihood of abuse or assault: Jesuit Social Services. (2024). The Man Box: A study of masculine norms and their impact on Australian men and boys. Retrieved from https://jss.org.au/programs/research/the-man-box/
3. Leaving an abusive relationship costs upwards of $18,000 on average: Australian Council of Trade Unions. (2022). Family and domestic violence leave: Factsheet. Retrieved from https://www.australianunions.org.au/factsheet/family-and-domestic-violence-leave/ 
4. Further reading on the results of Canada’s national Leaving Home program: Gentilini, U., Almenfi, M., & Dale, P. (2021). How to deliver cash transfer programs more effectively to hard-to-reach populations. Stanford Social Innovation Review. Retrieved from https://ssir.org/articles/entry/how_to_deliver_cash_transfer_programs_more_effectively_to_hard_to_reach_populations
5. Further reading on the results of Canada’s national Leaving Home program: Korteweg, A. C., & Yurdakul, G. (2022). Migration, gender, and social justice: Perspectives on human mobility and the politics of difference. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Retrieved from https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487545178
6. BC Society of Transition Houses (BCSTH). (2022). Bursary evaluation report: Supporting survivors through financial aid. Retrieved from https://bcsth.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BCSTH-Bursary-Evaluation-Report-Combined.pdf

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Dr Brian Sullivan still remembers the man who duped his men’s behaviour change group into thinking he’d changed when he hadn’t. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss investigates how men’s behaviour change programs work and the methods of the facilitators working with people who use violence. 

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• Keep up with FW on Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn and join FW to unlock professional development, training and community
• Learn more about Commbank Next Chapter
• If you or someone you know is affected by domestic, family and sexual violence, contact 1800RESPECT, the national service for free and confidential counselling, information and support. Call 1800 737 732 or chat online 24/7 at www.1800respect.org.au 
• If you or someone you know is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in need of a culturally safe support line, you can call 13YARN (13 92 76)
• In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000

There’s No Place Like Home is a podcast by FW, made in collaboration with our proud partner, Commonwealth Bank, who are committed to helping end financial abuse through CommBank Next Chapter. No matter who you bank with, if you’re worried about your finances because of domestic and family violence, you can contact CommBank’s Next Chapter Team on 1800 222 387 within Australia or visit commbank.com.au/nextchapter.

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When we speak about domestic abuse and family violence, there is one question victim-survivors are asked again and again. “Why didn’t you just leave?”

Join our new host Tara Rae Moss as she shares the real stories of victim-survivors who’ll reveal how, too often, that’s just as dangerous - and how to keep the next person safe. 

There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves drops weekly from March 4, 2025.

• Subscribe on Spotify or Apple
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• Keep up with FW on Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn and join FW to unlock professional development, training and community
• Learn more about CommBank Next Chapter
• If you or someone you know is affected by domestic, family and sexual violence, contact the national service 1800RESPECT for free and confidential counselling, information and service referral. Call 1800 737 732, chat online 24/7 at www.1800respect.org.au or use the text line on 0458 737 732
• If you or someone you know is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in need of a culturally safe support line, you can call 13YARN (13 92 76)
• In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000

There’s No Place Like Home is an FW podcast in collaboration with our proud partner, Commonwealth Bank, who are committed to helping end financial abuse through CommBank Next Chapter.

Support the show: https://futurewomen.com/theresnoplacelikehome/

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Amanda Rishworth is the federal Social Services Minister. Two years ago her department released an ambitious strategy to end domestic violence against women and their children in a generation. Recently, the Albanese government commissioned a rapid review with practical advice on further action to prevent gender-based violence.

Is all of this enough to curb the distressing increase in domestic violence homicides we’ve seen in 2024? Join There’s No Place Like Home's Executive Producer Sally Spicer for a special bonus episode on what that rapid review has dubbed a national emergency. 

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• If you or someone you know is affected by domestic, family and sexual violence, contact the national service 1800RESPECT for free and confidential counselling, information and service referral. Call 1800 737 732 or chat online 24/7 at www.1800respect.org.au 
• If you or someone you know need a culturally safe support line, you can call 13YARN (13 92 76)
• In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000

There’s No Place Like Home is a Future Women podcast in collaboration with our proud partner, Commonwealth Bank, who are committed to helping end financial abuse through CommBank Next Chapter. No matter who you bank with, if you’re worried about your finances because of domestic and family violence, you can contact CommBank’s Next Chapter Team on 1800 222 387 within Australia or visit commbank.com.au/nextchapter.

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The discourse around intimate partner violence can feel dispiriting and, sometimes, it can be hard to stay hopeful. But we need to hold on to hope. Hope for a better way forward. Hope for a future where this country is safe for everyone.

In the final episode of There’s No Place Like Home season two, we turn our focus squarely to what we can do. To the hope and possibility that comes from putting into action what we’ve learned from victim-survivors and experts. 

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• If you or someone you know is affected by domestic, family and sexual violence, contact the national service 1800RESPECT for free and confidential counselling, information and service referral. Call 1800 737 732 or chat online 24/7 at www.1800respect.org.au
• In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000

There’s No Place Like Home is a Future Women podcast in collaboration with our proud partner, Commonwealth Bank, who are committed to helping end financial abuse through CommBank Next Chapter. No matter who you bank with, if you’re worried about your finances because of domestic and family violence, you can contact CommBank’s Next Chapter Team on 1800 222 387 within Australia or visit commbank.com.au/nextchapter.

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Have you ever had a partner who made you feel like, no matter what, you couldn’t do anything right? In this episode we examine how criticising and blame shifting are weaponised to break down someone’s personhood and strip them of their dignity. 

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• If you or someone you know is affected by domestic, family and sexual violence, contact the national service 1800RESPECT for free and confidential counselling, information and service referral. Call 1800 737 732 or chat online 24/7 at www.1800respect.org.au
• In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000
• If you need support, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14. 

There’s No Place Like Home is a Future Women podcast in collaboration with our proud partner, Commonwealth Bank, who are committed to helping end financial abuse through CommBank Next Chapter. No matter who you bank with, if you’re worried about your finances because of domestic and family violence, you can contact CommBank’s Next Chapter Team on 1800 222 387 within Australia or visit commbank.com.au/nextchapter.

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It’s estimated that financial abuse happens in 90 percent of abusive relationships.* But despite its prevalence, many people don’t realise how serious it is, or what it actually looks like. Let’s find out. 

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• Find out more about the Independent Collective of Survivors (ICOS)
• If you or someone you know is affected by domestic, family and sexual violence, contact the national service 1800RESPECT for free and confidential counselling, information and service referral. Call 1800 737 732 or chat online 24/7 at www.1800respect.org.au
• In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000

There’s No Place Like Home is a Future Women podcast in collaboration with our proud partner, Commonwealth Bank, who are committed to helping end financial abuse through CommBank Next Chapter. No matter who you bank with, if you’re worried about your finances because of domestic and family violence, you can contact CommBank’s Next Chapter Team on 1800 222 387 within Australia or visit commbank.com.au/nextchapter.

*Source: Women’s Information and Referral Exchange Inc (WIRE), 2014

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Tech-facilitated abuse can be overt. Think threatening phone calls or incessant messages. Or it can be covert, where an abuser monitors their partner’s online activity, hacks their emails or tracks their location through apps and ‘find my phone’ services, or even sends threatening messages via internet banking.

In a rapidly evolving world, what does technologically-facilitated abuse look like? And where can you go for help?

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• If you or someone you know is affected by domestic, family and sexual violence, contact the national service 1800RESPECT for free and confidential counselling, information and service referral. Call 1800 737 732 or chat online 24/7 at www.1800respect.org.au
• In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000

There’s No Place Like Home is a Future Women podcast in collaboration with our proud partner, Commonwealth Bank, who are committed to helping end financial abuse through CommBank Next Chapter. No matter who you bank with, if you’re worried about your finances because of domestic and family violence, you can contact CommBank’s Next Chapter Team on 1800 222 387 within Australia or visit commbank.com.au/nextchapter.

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We’ve all been jealous at some point in our lives. But there is a unique kind of jealousy specific to abusive partners. It’s the kind of jealousy that manifests in forms of abuse we’ve already discussed this season, like gaslighting and isolation. Experts dub it “sexual jealousy”, and they say it’s about entitlement, not love. 

So how do you tell the difference? 

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• If you or someone you know is affected by domestic, family and sexual violence, contact the national service 1800RESPECT for free and confidential counselling, information and service referral. Call 1800 737 732 or chat online 24/7 at www.1800respect.org.au
• In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000

There’s No Place Like Home is a Future Women podcast in collaboration with our proud partner, Commonwealth Bank, who are committed to helping end financial abuse through CommBank Next Chapter. No matter who you bank with, if you’re worried about your finances because of domestic and family violence, you can contact CommBank’s Next Chapter Team on 1800 222 387 within Australia or visit commbank.com.au/nextchapter.

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Gaslighting is the process of denying someone’s experience and what they believe to be true. In the last few years, it’s become part of our vernacular. In fact, in 2022, it was one of the most Googled words in the world. 

But what is it? How do you spot it, how do we understand its true impact? And what do you do if it's happening to you, or someone you care about? 

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• If you or someone you know is affected by domestic, family and sexual violence, contact the national service 1800RESPECT for free and confidential counselling, information and service referral. Call 1800 737 732 or chat online 24/7 at www.1800respect.org.au
• In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000

There’s No Place Like Home is a Future Women podcast in collaboration with our proud partner, Commonwealth Bank, who are committed to helping end financial abuse through CommBank Next Chapter. No matter who you bank with, if you’re worried about your finances because of domestic and family violence, you can contact CommBank’s Next Chapter Team on 1800 222 387 within Australia or visit commbank.com.au/nextchapter.

Support the show: https://futurewomen.com/theresnoplacelikehome/

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