Bridgette is a slight and softly spoken person, but with a hidden steely resolve to survive.
That's a good thing, because like vast numbers of other Australian women, the 23-year-old has lived under the pall of domestic violence.
"It went on for three years," Bridgette said.
"There was quite a few times, you know to the point where I thought I was going to lose my life ... quite a few times.
"It got to a point where I tried to leave and I sought help from police and they failed me, sadly.
- "It got to a point where I thought if I don't leave this man he is going to kill me." -
Experts say successfully fleeing domestic violence, as Bridgette has now done, takes planning and strategy.
There are many things to be considered: the ability to afford somewhere else to stay, then the realities of actually finding another place, the kids, and for traumatised women, even the confidence to be able to do it.
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