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Courage of the greatest degree

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Five years ago, domestic violence victim survivor Jade Balmer of Nuriootpa shared a powerful story with The Leader.

It was a story of vulnerability and fear, of pain and control, as Jade revealed – in shocking detail – the monstrous underbelly of life in the grip of a perpetrator.

But it was also a story of hope, survival and growth, as a woman, denied her own agency for years of her life, t...


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