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SHENANE HOGG: I find that the river just gives me that quiet time you know, quietens the noise in my brain.ELLA ARCHIBALD-BINGE, REPORTER: Shenane Hogg is a survivor.
ELLA ARCHIBALD-BINGE: It had been the last in a series of physical assaults, but Shenane says the first red flag was more subtle.And then it extended to lending, you know, people in his family money, and, you know, him taking my key card off me. SHENANE HOGG: He'd encouraged me to apply for three different credit cards. He'd actually clocked up quite a large amount on those credit cards.ELLA ARCHIBALD-BINGE: Shenane is now debt free and works to raise awareness about brain injuries and domestic violence, but she says it took around eight years, and plenty of help, to get here.If I didn't have that financial abuse, and I didn't have that debt, I would have been able to kickstart my life again a lot easier.
ZANETA MASCARENHAS: I want to make sure that everybody understands what financial abuse is. I want them to understand what the traits are, so they can identify it. ELLA ARCHIBALD-BINGE: Anna Bligh heads up the peak body for Australian banks and says the industry has developed guidelines on how to deal with financial abuse.
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