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Abe Maddison

Cascading crises besiege domestic violence services

Natasha Stott Despoja is heading the royal commission into domestic and sexual violence. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

South Australia's domestic violence crisis line received a record number of calls on July 1 - the same day the Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence began its work. 

The head of SA's largest domestic and family violence services provider has told the commission's first day of public hearings the system is in crisis because it doesn't have the resources to handle the significant increase in demand. 

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