Episode 5
Why didn’t anyone speak up?
From age eight, Lacey was sexually abused by her father—a trusted schoolteacher—while her family and community looked away. Repeated disclosures as a child were ignored or dismissed, and she spent years numbing her pain with drugs, risky relationships, and self-harm. Though she escaped and built a life helping children, she still battles PTSD and night terrors. Her story is a searing call to break the silence around incest: Children are speaking. It’s on all of us to listen—and act.
Narrator: Annabel Crabb
Annabel Crabb - WRITER & PRESENTER
Annabel Crabb is an ABC writer and presenter who has covered Australian politics for 20 years as a news reporter and columnist.
She is the creator and presenter of Ms Represented, presenter and writer for the ABC-wide Australia Talks project, and co-host of the initial and 2021 return series of Tomorrow Tonight, with Charlie Pickering.
She is a regular commentator across the ABC's radio network. With friend and ABC colleague Leigh Sales, Annabel hosts the podcast Chat 10 Looks 3, an independent podcast in which the pair discusses books, film, culture, and cooking. Their first book together, Well Hello, is on the shelves now!