Laura remembers the day she decided to leave an abusive relationship.
It was January 2020. She was on holiday with her former partner and recalls him getting physically violent in front of their children.
“He hit me that day,” Laura recalls.
Laura is not her real name. ABC News has had to conceal her identity to protect her safety.
“After confronting him, he pushed me into the wall and then grabbed me by my throat … in front of the kids,” she says.
“He grabbed my phone, broke my phone … said he was going to kill me.”
Laura says the physical abuse was the breaking point, but she had suffered years of abuse and control.
Her ex had a…