Tomorrow, 29 October 2024, Full Stop Australia turns 50 years old. On this day in 1974, the Sydney Rape Crisis Centre began operating out of a single room at the Sydney Women’s Liberation House in Glebe.

“23 coercive control [offences] were recorded by NSW Police in July 2024” Preliminary reporting published by @BOCSAR, with a comprehensive quarterly report scheduled for publication in December 2024. bocsar.nsw.gov.au/topic-area…

⚖️👩‍⚖️ YWCA Canberra fully supports the announcement today by the Canberra Liberals to criminalise coercive control & increase the education investment to ensure it is structured, targeted & informed and will operate alongside law reform 1/2 canberratimes.com.au/story/8…

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…

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

During my abusive marriage, my husband broke his ankle. While he was on crutches, he spent almost every day on the sofa watching TV and playing video games. He would yell out to me asking for water, or his phone, or snacks, or a meal, and I would go running 🏃‍♀️. Six months later, I injured my foot and I was the one on crutches. He couldn’t bear it – I was too slow, I actually needed him to do things for me, I couldn’t keep on top of cooking and cleaning. His anger and intolerance increased by the day. Finally, his anger started bubbling out. ‘Why haven’t you cleaned (our child’s) room?’, ‘Don’t you care about him?’, ‘Come to his room now to rearrange his shelves.’ I tried to explain that I couldn’t manage it but that I would do it once my foot had healed. ‘You just don’t care at all, do you?!’ he exclaimed. ‘I’m going to have to tell (our child) you don’t care enough about him to help keep his room tidy.’ 😠 I sigh when I think of it now - how much effort I would make to avoid rocking the boat, and the absolute psychological annihilation that resulted when the boat did get rocked. There was always the feeling of not being good enough; of not getting it right; the fear that he would paint me as uncaring to our child and emotionally hurt the one I loved the most; the fear of the rages, insults, and belittlement; the constant feeling of self-doubt – what am I doing wrong? How could I have done better? My husband never hit me. But the psychological scars of living every day in ‘survival mode’ ran deep. Emotional abuse by a partner is domestic abuse and the harm it causes is just as serious. 🚩 #coercivecontrol #emotionalabuse #redflag #abusiverelationship #psychologicalabuse