Support for survivors
Read an article by B.C Lewis published on the Blue Mountains Gazette website. (Published 14th July 2017)
News & Media
Child sexual abuse survivors find strength in SAMSN
Read an article by Scott Bevan published on the Newcastle Herald’s website. (Published 13th February 2017)
Law reform report urges greater rights for victims
SAMSN Co-Founder & Executive Director, Craig Hughes-Cashmore, featured on ABC Radio’s The World Today program discussing a Victorian Law Reform Commission report recommending that victims should be more involved in court cases. Friday, December 9, 2016. Listen to audio below:
SANTO task force results in Victoria
Read an article published in the Gippsland Times reporting on results of the SANTO task force in Victoria. An archived pdf version is available by clicking on the image below. (Published 10th October 2016)
Survivor given strength to speak
Read an article published in the Newcastle Herald live blog reporting on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in the Maitland-Newcastle Catholic diocese. An archived pdf version is available by clicking on the image below. (Published 8th September 2016)
Survivors & Mates Support Network saved with half-million-dollar funding
Read a media release from the NSW Attorney General, Gabrielle Upton announcing a $517,000 funding boost for SAMSN, allowing Australia’s only dedicated national support and advocacy charity for adult male survivors of child sexual abuse to continue its crucial work. Click on the image below to read an article by Eryk Bagshaw published in The Sydney…
New research shedding light on sex abuse committed by mothers against their sons
Read an article by Tegan Osborne published on the ABC’s News website. (Published 8th August 2015)
Sex abuse service stays unfunded
Read an article by Joanne McCarthy published on the Newcastle Herald’s website. (Published 14th April 2015)
Child sex abuse: Father’s testimony brings room to tears
Read the Opinion Piece written by SAMSN Co-Founder and Executive Director Craig Hughes-Cashmore and published in The Sydney Morning Herald 24th February, 2015.
Network helps men abused as children
Read an article by Craig Hughes-Cashmore published on the Newcastle Herald’s website. (Published 17th February 2014)
Network key to recovery from child sexual abuse
Read an article by Gabriel Wingate-Pearse published on the Newcastle Herald’s website. (Published 14th February 2014)
Calls for more support for male survivors of child sex abuse
Read an article by Rhiannon Elston published on the SBS World News Australia website. (Published 11th December 2013)