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Her ex-partner has been released on bail four times.
The mother of three is a victim of domestic abuse who wants her story to be heard and said she is speaking out while she still can.
“I’m on the edge, I’m beside myself and I’m so exhausted, we need help, our women need help,” said the woman, who 9News did not identify.
The 27-year-old left her partner in January last year after what she described as years of abuse.
“I was dragged across the room with my newborn baby in my arms, I was beaten black and blue, I had to sleep in the train station to get out of it,” she said.
She still lives in fear.
Her ex-partner has been charged with a number of offences, including assault, strangulation and breaching bail conditions.
However, she says he continues to be released and has been released on bail four times in just twelve months.
“I think it’s absolutely disturbing that you can give a repeat domestic violence offender a chance to come out and get bail,” she said.
The single mother says she is now terrified in her own home and all her young children are traumatised.
She says the system failed her.
“It’s like what’s going on? Do I have to be dead for something to be done?”
She is calling on the state government to take action and keep perpetrators of domestic violence in custody.
“You need to sit down with the victims who are still here and hear our side of the story,” she said.
Alison Scott’s sister Jessica was killed by her husband almost five years ago. Now she is an advocate for change.
“There is a need for a huge increase in funding in these spaces,” Scott said
“Things like GPS tracking, which was mentioned in October last year, but there’s no money in the budget for that.”
The Attorney General was not available to speak to 9News on camera, but says WA’s bail laws are among the toughest in the country, with the state government working to tighten legislation to introduce mandatory electronic monitoring as soon as possible – soon.
However, Shadow Health Secretary Libby Metham said the country was “living through a family and domestic violence crisis”.
“The numbers don’t lie. There has been a 42 percent increase in family assaults since this government came to power,” Metam said.
National Domestic Violence Service: 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732). If you are in immediate danger, call triple zero (000).
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