No Laughing Matter Podcast

society, culture · EN

It’s a frightening thought, but did you know that in Australia child sexual abuse by a family member (incest) is considered to be as high as 70%-80% of all child sexual abuse? Some say as high as 90%. That is a significant amount, that demands serious attention. Eight years ago, a Royal Commission was established to investigate ‘institutional responses to child sexual abuse', yet there have been no major investigations into child sexual abuse by a family member. We have created a series of podcasts with real-life, lived experienced stories of incest relayed by the victim/survivor. We want you to understand the reality of this problem. Series one consisting of ten podcasts is complete, with Series Two due out soon. As victim/survivors are often uncomfortable telling the details of their own abuse, they have requested comedians and media personalities to narrate them; not in a comic or witty style, but in their own compassionate distinctive voice. “Not everything tha