Hayley Gleeson
Hayley Gleeson is a journalist with ABC News reporting in-depth features and investigations with a particular focus on domestic violence and criminal and social justice issues. Contact: gleeson.hayley@abc.net.au or gleesonhayley@protonmail.com.
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CTE found in two domestic violence victims who suffered dozens of head injuries before they died
Two women who endured decades of intimate partner violence have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy — the first cases of CTE in victims of domestic violence in Australia and two of just a handful globally.
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Kids are losing 'huge chunks' of their childhood to long COVID. Too many are being told it's 'all in their head'
They're losing their formative years to this debilitating disease. But for too many children with long COVID, finding help is a frustrating and traumatic process that leaves them feeling isolated and invisible.
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Hundreds of patients died after catching COVID in hospital, and experts say their deaths were preventable
Thousands of patients caught COVID in Victorian public hospitals in the past two years and hundreds died, fuelling concerns that health services aren't taking strong enough precautions against airborne viruses.
'Just rest in a dark room': the 'old-school' medical advice patients still receive for concussion
For years concussion patients in Australia have struggled to find or afford the care they need to recover. Now Victoria's first public concussion clinic for adults is aiming to fill the gap — and clinicians are already shocked by what they're seeing.
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analysis:Will it take an alleged double homicide for police to take domestic violence by serving officers seriously?
The shocking murder of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies should be a wake-up call to police forces across the country that for too long have been failing to take action against serving officers who commit domestic violence.
'Robodebt of medicine': Patients are catching COVID and dying in hospitals, doctors say
Hospitals have become a strange new battleground in the fight against COVID, with doctors and public health experts concerned that too many patients are catching the virus — and an alarming number are dying — as a result of inadequate infection control.
Scientist Brendan Crabb broke his own rule and caught COVID. But this is how he had avoided it
Three of Australia's leading COVID-19 experts share their personal safety strategies and reflect on what must happen if we're to blunt the growing health crisis the pandemic is causing — and prepare for the next one.
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'This is the end of the relationship': The marriages under strain from long COVID
Long COVID is not just destroying people's health. Behind closed doors, in homes across Australia and abroad, it is irreversibly changing relationships — sometimes for the better, too often for worse.
Bianca's 'David and Goliath' battle with police is a cautionary tale for victims of family violence
Bianca went to Hobart Police Station to report she'd been assaulted, assuming officers would protect her. Instead, they took out a family violence order against her — but perhaps she shouldn't have been so surprised.
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analysis:Why isn't the brain injury crisis in our homes causing as much concern as concussion in sport?
Athletes who sustain concussions are usually quickly pulled from play and have teams of medical professionals overseeing their recoveries. Why aren't victims of domestic violence with brain injuries getting the same care and attention?
A doctor discovered 'dementia in a punch-drunk wife' in 1990. Now, experts say we should be screening domestic violence victims
If pathologists start looking for CTE in the brains of domestic violence victims, will they find it? And what will it mean if they do?
Another concussion crisis is erupting out of sight in homes around the country
By Hayley Gleeson
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Design by Emma Machan
The next frontier of Australia's concussion crisis isn't on the football field, but in homes across the country, where victims of domestic violence are sustaining brain injuries at staggering rates.
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Anna called police to report an assault, but it backfired and she lost her home
Tasmania Police's power to issue final family violence orders is exacerbating the problem of victim misidentification, experts say, making it difficult to correct cases where officers have made the wrong call and upending the lives of potentially hundreds of women every year.
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'Kids who haven't been to school for two years': Thousands of Australians miss out on life-changing treatment
For up to 30 per cent of people who sustain a concussion, symptoms persist for months or years, with devastating consequences. However, experts say too many Australians are suffering in silence, unable to find or pay for the care they need.
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'I couldn’t remember ever being so exhausted': How banging my head on a shelf changed my life
For a significant minority of people who sustain a concussion, symptoms persist for months or years — dimming sparks, derailing careers, pushing relationships and mental health into danger zones.
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'It doesn't matter where you go, I'll find you': Why victims aren't reporting domestic violence by police
New figures revealing a "concerning increase" in Queensland police officers accused of domestic violence likely underestimate the true scale of the problem, advocates say, because most victims aren't reporting.
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Prison rates triple for breaches of family violence orders — but does it stop the abuse?
More people than ever are being imprisoned for breaching family violence orders in Victoria as police have become increasingly responsive to the state's scourge of abuse, recording a fivefold increase in the number of breach offences in the decade to 2020.
When Josie's ex was charged with domestic violence, his cop colleagues threw him a holiday send-off
A victim of domestic violence says NSW Police must urgently overhaul the way it deals with perpetrators in its ranks and fix glaring "cultural problems" that left her feeling like she was up against an "army" in the force even after her ex was charged.
Six cops keep their jobs after being found guilty of serious domestic violence charges
Several NSW police officers who recently committed serious domestic violence offences have kept their jobs, shocking victim advocates and raising questions about the force's commitment to addressing the scourge of abuse in police ranks and the broader community.
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When police arrived at her home, Lee was sobbing with relief. Then they arrested her
Mounting evidence suggests police are mistaking domestic violence victims as perpetrators at staggering rates, derailing the lives of potentially thousands of women around the country every year. Why are they still getting it so wrong?
Senior constable convicted of family violence keeps his job, while a majority of officers charged have them withdrawn
Victoria Police still has "a long way to go" in its mission to hold abusers in its ranks to account, police accountability experts say, as new data reveals a senior constable who was recently convicted of several family violence offences remains employed as a frontline officer.
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Abusive cops will stop being given 'special treatment' under Australian-first plan, police say
Victoria Police has launched a landmark policy for dealing with family violence perpetrators in its ranks. But advocates fear critical flaws in the new advice will mean the welfare of abusive officers will continue being prioritised over victim safety.
The 'missing piece' in the coercive control conversation
Former Australian of the Year Rosie Batty is joining a coalition of family violence organisations and advocates calling for prevention to be at the heart of national solutions to coercive control — regardless of whether or not it is criminalised.
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Catherine was at breaking point when she called police about her husband's domestic violence. Then came a shocking twist
Questions are being raised about a senior constable who was medically discharged from the NSW Police Force just weeks after he pleaded guilty to a string of domestic violence charges. His estranged wife wants answers — and change.
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Six years after her mum was murdered, Amani Haydar is reclaiming her right to be angry
Six years after her father killed her mother, Amani Haydar is tracing her trauma back generations in a rage-fuelled memoir about domestic violence, motherhood and her quest for truth and accountability.
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