The Federal government has outsourced 1800 respect, which is currently staffed by qualified social workers and psychologists, to Medibank which means that, should you need to access a domestic violence or sexual assault hotline, your call may no longer be answered by an experienced psychologist or social worker but by a triage system which will then direct you to websites, to state-based services or to trauma counsellors.
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Read about it here.
Sign the petition protesting this change here.