Coroner finds police and social workers mishandled case of pregnant woman bludgeoned to death on Gold Coast by former boyfriend

⚠️ Content Warning: Domestic Violence & Homicide ⚠️ A recent coronial inquest has again identified the critical importance of education and training for the criminal justice system. First responders – right through to judicial officers – need to understand, identify and respond to escalating patterns of coercive and controlling behaviour. 🗣️ “It appears that police…

Northern Territory Emergency Services Flood Briefing

The CAWLS team undertook a flood briefing information session from Northern Territory Emergency Services (NTES) Community Engagement Officer, Annie Pidgeon, earlier today 🆘💦 The session was invaluable, as Annie advised our new Territorian staff (& refreshed our long time locals!) about flooding in the NT and how to prepare, respond & recover from floods/severe storms…

Criminalisation of coercive control

The debate over the criminalisation of coercive control continues to gain momentum in Australia. 💭What could this mean for the NT? CAWLS Managing Principal Solicitor, Janet Taylor, and CLE & Policy Solicitor, Julianna Marshall, explore some of the complexities around a justice system response to coercive control in the most recent edition of the Law…

UK’s Domestic Abuse Commissioner

The UK is soon to have a Domestic Abuse Commissioner whose duties will include: ✔️ mapping domestic violence services ✔️ raising public awareness ✔️ encouraging good practice and; ✔️ promoting the accountability of statutory and local and national government agencies.   ⚖️ The incoming Commissioner continues to call for amendments to the new Domestic Abuse…

We will always survive

Local wordsmith, Laurie May, wrote this poem for the organisations that collaborated on the ‘Central Australian Women’s Fair’ earlier this year… and we think it is the perfect way to reflect on the year just gone and as we approach a fresh year ahead 🙏 “Us thick skinned Us mixed races Us diverse faces ……