Arts Lab - Voices of Insight Collection

MAYA: “His money pretty much went to gambling. The majority of the time, my pay went to the mortgage, and paid all the bills, and all the food. There were times where my pay would pay the mortgage, and there’d be $100 left. He’d go, ‘there’s $80 for me and $20 for you.’ So, me and the kids lived on minced meat and sausages. He would always say ‘look, I've only hit you a handful of times. It's not abuse. What are you talking about?’”

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Contained in galleries: DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE

MAYA: “His money pretty much went to gambling. The majority of the time, my pay went to the mortgage, and paid all the bills, and all the food. There were times where my pay would pay the mortgage, and there’d be $100 left. He’d go, ‘there’s $80 for me and $20 for you.’ So, me and the kids lived on minced meat and sausages. He would always say ‘look, I've only hit you a handful of times. It's not abuse. What are you talking about?’”