We get approached by communities all over Australia at Women's Community Shelters, seeking to help women & kids by starting new crisis accommodation shelters. We’d love to start one this year and we are so close to our EOFY goal! A tax-deductible donation today would help so much:

The NSW offence of coercive control came into effect today. From today it is a crime to engage in a course of physical and/or non-physical abuse to humiliate, isolate or control an intimate partner. nsw.gov.au/family-and-rel…

Today is a significant day in NSW. This is my ‘special mentions’ cork board where the good stuff gets pinned. Pride of place are a few things from 16/11/22 - the day I got to be there when coercive control legislation was enacted. We show respect to victim/survivors when we

A victim of coercive control being sick or dependent for any reason often brings out some of the nastier elements of abuse by the perpetrator. #CoerciveControl

Our Meanwhile Use Event at Beecroft House, in partnership with Women's Community Shelters, made the news last week, showcasing this creative, partnership approach to housing vulnerable women. Rose Jackson Andrew McAnulty Annabelle Daniel OAM Clip - 10 News First Sydney #MeanwhileUse #nswpol

“The introduction of coercive control offences was considered an important driver of change.” | new from @bettinson_v et al in Criminology and Criminal Justice Journal on their findings from interviews with criminal justice professionals in Scotland, England and Wales journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17…

“This literally has as the endpoint the lives of women and children. It is a critical conversation.” Experts are raising concerns about the basis & effectiveness of the strategy to prevent #VAW & the way Our Watch has led this work. Me in The Saturday Paper today thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…

I've got three big events this week, starting on Tues with La Trobe University's Ideas and Society webinar on responses to family and domestic violence with Jess Hill Annabelle Daniel OAM & Angela Taft latrobe.edu.au/events/all/ide…

Great to hear practical, solid ideas for reducing #DFSV in the short to medium term at this La Trobe University Ideas & Society Program event! "We have industries in this country that are profiting from violence against women," says Michael Salter. 'Partnering' isn't enough; regulation is key

Thanks Lisa Wheildon PhD! It was a real privilege to moderate this discussion and I’m so glad La Trobe University put this event on. Big ideas, lots of hope & lots of enthusiasm for practical next steps! #DFSV

Principles are easy to hold when they’re never put to the test.

Another case in the UK where a man has been charged with manslaughter (and coercive control) after causing his partner’s suicide. To date no DPP in Australia has charged manslaughter on this basis. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

The Rapid Review made recommendations in this area, including one for an urgent inquiry into the connections between domestic, family and sexual violence and suicide. Cc Anne Summers

If consent were just a matter of better education, drink spiking wouldn’t exist. Needle spiking wouldn’t exist. Stealthing wouldn’t exist. Education is important, but it’s not the singular solution to a more complex problem.

Agree YWCA Canberra - we can criminalise coercive control well and do it in a staged and measured way with ongoing consultation. The Implementation Taskforce has been a critical part of the process in NSW #DFV #CoerciveControl

The Legend that is Delia Donovan opening the @DV_NSW 50 Years - Past, Present and Future Conference! So excited to be with my sector sisters & colleagues where it all started 50 years ago! #DVNSWConference

The extraordinary hajeh Maha Krayem Abdo Maha Abdo OAM reminding us all of the importance of listening with the heart, and reminding us of its importance in what we do @DV_NSW #DVNSWConference

Fantastic to be talking about community-led prevention in action! @DV_NSW #DVNSWConference Day 2. There is so much great work already happening, we need to make it visible, strengthen it and celebrate it.

An additional 33 coercive control offences were recorded by NSW Police in August 2024. Great to see BOCSAR continuing to offer preliminary reporting on the new coercive control offence in NSW. bocsar.nsw.gov.au/documents/topi…

Congratulations Full Stop Australia, our ‘sister’ organisation, on a significant milestone anniversary! Thanks for all your amazing work in support of women in NSW and beyond! @DV_NSW