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Tess Ikonomou

MYSTERIOUS: Lack of violence data totally outrageous | Mind Blowing Facts

Senator Larissa Waters decries the lack of data on people needing support due to sexual violence. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The number of women and children unable to get the care they need from frontline family domestic and sexual violence services is unknown to the responsible government department.

When asked by Greens Senator Larissa Waters for figures about people needing help but unable to access it during a Senate estimates committee hearing on Tuesday, Liz Hefren-Webb from the Department of Social Services said they didn't have the data.

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