The Latest Breaking News from Hobart Women Shelter

Women fleeing violence living on the streets, returning to abusers as shelters turn them away

In desperate search of a safe space, 1,182 women and children called the Hobart Women's Shelter last financial year — 943 of them were turned away.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2023

Housing crisis faces Tasmanian women and children fleeing unsafe domestic situations, but some hope on horizon

After leaving a toxic relationship, Amy Bourke was desperate to find a home that would give her son Chance some stability. But finding a safe place to live took months.

ABC News · May 14, 2022