Tracie M. Oldham
“I can still clearly recall how deeply offended and all too familiar it felt to be ignored when survivors of Voluntary Placements were left out of the Apology. I was filled with a deep sense of sadness as I listened to the Prime Minister apologise to the victims of institutional abuse. I realised that my horrific abuse and the trauma endured by countless Voluntary Placement Survivors was deemed so insignificant that it was completely ignored, and I had never felt more invisible or alone and invalidated.”