Raising awareness about the alarming statistics of incest
This project is dedicated to the memory of my Aunty Helen and my cousin Kellie - Tanya Lee, Founder/Producer
In 2012, a Royal Commission was established to investigate ‘institutional responses to child sexual abuse’, yet there have been no major investigations into child sexual abuse by a family member.
We have created a series of podcasts with real-life, lived experienced stories of incest relayed by the victim/survivor. We want you to understand the reality of this problem.
“I have never known a darker night, I don't even think the moon was out.” - 'K'
As victim/survivors are often uncomfortable telling the details of their own abuse, they have requested comedians, actors, and media personalities to narrate them; not in a comic or witty style, but in their own compassionate distinctive voice.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can change until it’s faced.”
- Fiona O’Loughlin | Comedian
Please help us keep up our work and help stamp out child sexual abuse. Click on the DONATE button to find out more. All donations are tax-deductible.
*Source - ABC/The Drum/Sarah Dingle - Dual Walkley Award-winning investigative reporter and presenter and recipient of the UN's Media Peace Prize.
Our Ultimate Goal
With the awareness and media attention created by these podcasts, No Laughing Matter is calling for:
o A specific government-funded and managed counselling service, tailored exclusively for incest victim/survivors (current and past).
o A plan for better national education across all levels of schooling on the topic of incest and support outlets available to children.
Australia needs a collective cultural change in attitudes towards discussing and repairing the taboo topic of incest. We hope to create a safer community for all children.
Family members who abuse, rely on secrets being kept. It is effective due to instilling fear. Family loyalty, love and the potential consequences of shame associated with breaking up the family, also play a significant part in children not speaking up about the abuse.
Our Narrators
Fiona O'Loughlin
David Field
Richard Fidler
Luke Heggie
Adam Hills
Susie Porter
Craig Foster AM
Jean Kittson
Damon Herriman
Rachel Berger
Wendy Harmer
Chrissie Swan
Lynette Curran
Gus Worland
Annabel Crabb
Rob Carlton
Anna Volska & John Bell
Rev. Bill Crews
Zoe & Gia Carides
Paul McDermott
Hugo Weaving
Sam Mostyn AO
Jennifer Byrne
Andrew Denton
Paul Capsis
Wil Anderson
'In the spirit of reconciliation, the CorriLee Foundation acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.’