Home isolation for coronavirus expected to lead to spike in domestic violence

Tanya Marschke
Updated March 27 2020 - 6:27pm, first published 6:00pm
PREPARED: Housing Plus community services head Penny Dordoy says the organisation is prepared to meet the needs of people affected by domestic violence.
PREPARED: Housing Plus community services head Penny Dordoy says the organisation is prepared to meet the needs of people affected by domestic violence.

Domestic violence is expected to increase while people remain at home due to the coronavirus but in Orange Housing Plus is ready to meet that spike.

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Tanya Marschke

Tanya Marschke

Journalist

I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.

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