Tears, tea and bloodshed — can violent men ever change?
This week reporter and Dharawal woman Brooke Fryer goes inside a program that's helping violent men turn their lives around.
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Duration: 39 minutes 27 seconds
Program: Background Briefing
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Published: by Brooke Fryer and Ali Russell
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