Melissa McMahon

2022 - 5 - 27

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Qld MP Melissa McMahon reveals harrowing sexual abuse (The New Daily)

Queensland MP Melissa McMahon has divulged a harrowing childhood of sexual abuse as she takes a leave of absence from parliament.

For the unbearable stress that this placed on my family late that night, I am truly sorry. My ability to keep something under lock and key for 40 years was over.” “But I know I need to take time to rebalance and spend with my family at this time.”

MP's shock sexual abuse revelations (NEWS.com.au)

Queensland MP Melissa McMahon has given a shocking account of the sexual abuse she endured as a child as she prepares to take time away from parliament.

“The panic and anxiety that came with that was, in many instances, quite debilitating. Some of those things are better locked away.” The mental anguish of hiding her emotional turmoil was one of the things Ms McMahon says led to her breakdown. “I came into the company and under the supervision of the last person on earth who should ever be granted such a position – a child sex offender recently released for a particularly heinous child sex crime,” she said. Queensland MP Melissa McMahon has given a shocking account of the sexual abuse she endured as a child as she prepares to take time away from parliament. A Queensland MP has revealed the horrific sexual abuse she endured as a child and the lasting mental strain which caused her to crack.

Qld MP reveals harrowing sexual abuse (The Canberra Times)

Queensland MP Melissa McMahon has divulged a harrowing childhood of sexual abuse as she takes a leave of...

For the unbearable stress that this placed on my family late that night, I am truly sorry. My ability to keep something under lock and key for 40 years was over." Advertisement Advertisement "But I know I need to take time to rebalance and spend with my family at this time." Advertisement

Queensland MP shares story of child sexual abuse to 'give a voice ... (ABC News)

Queensland MP Melissa McMahon reveals her harrowing experiences as a victim of child sexual abuse in a bid to raise awareness and inspire other victims to ...

Ms McMahon said she was "more determined than ever to continue to contribute as a member of this government". Ms McMahon described "walking out of the PA hospital barefoot with what is left of my prescription medication" and "giving the answers I knew I had to give to avoid being admitted to a mental health unit". She said her family's "nomadic lifestyle" moved them on, but "the worst was yet to come" and at the age of nine she "would look pure evil in the face for the first time". "My facade cracked … and feelings that I had meticulously tucked away and locked in a box deep down kept threatening to come to the surface," Ms McMahon said. "I was subsequently left in the care of a group of older teenagers," she said. Ms McMahon told the house she was first abused at the age of five when "those who were responsible for my supervision after school were derelict in their duty".

Melissa McMahon: Queensland Labor MP details harrowing ... (Daily Mail)

Queensland MP Melissa McMahon told parliament she was first sexually abused at age five, when she was raped and that memories of her horrific childhood ...

Ms McMahon (pictured survived her years of vile abuse before enlisting in the army at age 18 and joining the police service at 21 For the unbearable stress that this placed on my family late that night, I am truly sorry. My ability to keep something under lock and key for 40 years was over.' Ms McMahon survived her years of vile abuse before enlisting in the army at age 18 and joining the police service at 21. Memories of her horrific childhood began to resurface in 2021 as the MP (pictured with Annastacia Palaszczuk in 2014) struggled to cope with bouts of panic attacks and anxiety Queensland MP Melissa McMahon has divulged a harrowing childhood of sexual abuse as she takes a leave of absence from parliament (pictured, the MP in 2020)

'I will recover loudly, so others don't die quietly': QLD MP Melissa ... (Women's Agenda)

Melissa McMahon has shared an account of the sexual abuse she endured as child, as she advised the parliament she would be taking leave.

“I was resuscitated, I was transported. “I will talk about these things so maybe someone else won’t wait 40 years to talk. “Most afternoons I was shopped around the neighbourhood to other teenagers and often exchanged for a can of soft drink.” “The panic and anxiety that came with that was, in many instances, quite debilitating. “For me, exhaustion reached its limit and my facade cracked last year,” she said. Paramedics and police were called to my home,” she said.