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Savannah Meacham

Victims' Commissioner resigns after DV hotline debacle

A review found over 20 months the number of abandoned hotline calls had increased by 388 per cent. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

A leading victims advocate has resigned after a report uncovered "significant damage" while she was in charge of a domestic violence helpline.

Former DVConnect chief executive Beck O'Connor has stepped down as Queensland's first Victims' Commissioner, effective from September 23.

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