This is a piece by Jenna Price on the potentially catastrophic changes to the national sexual assault and domestic violence hotline.

Callers to the national sexual assault and domestic violence hotline will no longer have guaranteed direct access to experienced trauma counsellors from July 1.

In a dramatic change to the six-year old service, people who ring 1800 RESPECT will be advised by a triage service, employing operators who will judge whether callers should be directed to an information website, a trauma counsellor or state-based family violence services, already overloaded with demand.

You can read the rest of this report by Jenna Price here at The Canberra Times.