Shows
Coercive Control - conversations that countKittu Randhawa on Dowry abuse and coercive controlContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
In the last episode for season two, we meet with Kittu Randhawa, founder of the Indian Crisis and Support Agency, to talk about Dowry abuse and coercive control.
We'll be back soon with the last season of Coercive Control - Conversations that count
Show notes
Indian Crisis and Support Agency: https://www.icsa.net.au/
Dowry abuse:
https://www.dowryabuse.org/ ...
2025-09-3030 minCoercive Control - conversations that countYumi Lee on coercive control and older women abuseContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and sexual violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
In this week's episode we visit Older Women's Network (OWN) headquarters to chat with Yumi Lee on the impact of coercive control on older women.
Show notes
Older Women's Network: https://ownnsw.org.au/
OWN resources: https://ownnsw.org.au/our-work/violence-against-women/
Aging and Disability Abuse Helpline: 1800 628 221
https://ageingdisabilitycommission.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-information.html
Preventing violence against...
2025-09-1129 minCoercive Control - conversations that countCoercive control and Men's Behaviour ChangeContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
From policy to practice, this week we meet with Olsen Clark from No To Violence and Hayden Tucker, CatholicCare Broken Bay, and Anthony Hilder from CatholicCare Sydney to talk about coercive control and men's behaviour change programs.
Show notes
No To Violence Men's Referral Service: 1300 766 491 | https://ntv.org.au/mrs/
No To Violence: https://ntv.org.au
CatholicCare Sydney Men's Behaviour Change program: Men's Behav...
2025-08-2857 minCoercive Control - conversations that countPWDA on coercive controlContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
In this week's episode we meet with Summah McKinnon from People with Disability Australia (PWDA). We talk through the impact of coercive control on women with disability and how organisations can improve access for women seeking support.
Shownotes
People with Disability Australia: https://pwd.org.au/
Building Access Project: https://pwd.org.au/projects/building-access-project/
Preventing violence against women and girls with disability: https://www.ourwatch.org.au/change-the-story/changing-the-landscape
Support: https://1800respect.org.au/sunny
2025-08-1431 minCoercive Control - conversations that countWesnet on tech facilitated abuseContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
Karen Bentley, is the CEO of Wesnet, the national peak body for specialist women's domestic and family violence services. In this week's episode we talk with Karen about coercive control and tech-facilitated abuse.
Shownotes
Wesnet: https://wesnet.org.au/
Tech safety resources: techsafety.org.au
DFV practitioner training: https://techsafety.org.au/events-training/training/
Safe connections program - including smartphones for survivors and te...
2025-07-3144 min
UThinkBreaking the Cycle: Annabelle Daniel OAM on Shelters, Stigma & Women's SafetyIn this deeply moving episode, we sit down with Annabelle Daniel OAM, CEO of Women's Community Shelters, to unpack the human stories behind domestic and family violence in Australia. From the emotional weight of deciding who gets the last available bed in a crisis shelter, to the grassroots impact of education programs like Walk the Talk, Annabelle shares raw, real, and inspiring insights into the work of protecting women and children at their most vulnerable.You’ll hear about:The harsh reality behind waitlists for safe shelter bedsWhat coercive control really means, and why it's now cr...
2025-07-2749 minCoercive Control - conversations that countACON on coercive controlContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and sexual violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
In this week's episode we meet with Jade Parker and Maddy Liiv at ACON's headquarters in Gadigal Land to discuss coercive control and the impact on LGBTQ+ communities.
Show notes
ACON website: https://www.acon.org.au/
ACON domestic, sexual and family violence resources: https://www.acon.org.au/what-we-are-here-for/domestic-family-violence/
Say It Out Loud: https://sayitoutloud.org.au/?state=all
...
2025-07-1731 minCoercive Control - conversations that countImpact of coercive control on childrenContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
Biljana Milosevic is a bi-cultural Social Worker and the Centre Director of Jannawi Family Centre - a specialist and unique NGO therapeutic child protection service in Sydney. With over 20 years' experience working directly with children and families at significant risk, experiencing interpersonal violence, abuse and neglect.
Shownotes
Jannawi: https://www.jannawi.org.au/
2025-07-0345 minCoercive Control - conversations that countDavid Mandel on coercive controlContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and child abuse and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
This week we hear from David Mandel and his work at the Safe & Together Institute around coercive control.
With over 35 years' experience in the domestic violence and child welfare fields, David is the creator of the Safe & Together Model, a transformational approach to changing how systems and practitioners respond to domestic violence when children are involved. He has identified how a perpetrator pattern-based approach can improve the ability to p...
2024-08-2944 minCoercive Control - conversations that countRebecca Glenn on economic abuseContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
Rebecca Glenn, founder and CEO of the Centre for Women’s Economic Safety (CWES), joins us this week to talk about the wide-ranging impacts of economic abuse in the context of coercive control.
Shownotes
Introduction to Economic Abuse (23 min video, with Auslan translation)
Financial Safety Checklist in 9 languages (links at bottom of the page)
Financial Safety website
Money Clinics information and booking
The Choice violence or poverty - Anne Summ...
2024-08-2248 minCoercive Control - conversations that countThe impact of coercive control in regional NSWContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
Lisa Smith moved from the Coast to Country and spent time working at the Women’s Domestic and Family Violence Court Advocacy in Walgett. In this episode Lisa shares the complexities, challenges and impact of coercive control in regional NSW.
Shownotes
Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy:
Phone: 1800 WDVCAS (1800 938 227)
Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Services (nsw.gov.au)
More information: 182.pdf (nsw.gov.au)
...
2024-08-1544 minCoercive Control - conversations that countSupported Accommodation & Homelessness Services Shoalhaven Illawarra (SAHSSI) on coercive controlContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
This week Penny Dordoy and Evie Rankmore from Supported Accommodation & Homelessness Services Shoalhaven Illawarra (SAHSSI) share their insights on coercive control from the frontline. Penny is CEO of SAHSSI and a director on the DVNSW Board and Evie is a DVRE outreach case manager at SAHSSI and member of the DVNSW Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Steering Committee.
Shownotes:
Supported Accommodation & Homelessness Services Shoalhaven Illawarra: https://www.sahssi.org.au/
2024-08-0945 minCoercive Control - conversations that countA yarn with Ashlee Donohue, Kowana Welsh and Raylene HassallContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
This week Raylene Hassall, Senior Policy Officer at Domestic Violence NSW (DVNSW) joins as host for an incredible yarn with Ashlee Donohue, CEO of Mudgin-Gal Women's Centre and Kowana Welsh, Senior Project Officer at Womens and Girls Emergency Centre (WAGEC).
Shownotes:
Mudgin-Gal: https://www.mudgin-gal.org.au/
WAGEC: Women's & Girls' Emergency Centre | WAGEC
Because I Love Him: Magabala Books
2024-08-0138 minCoercive Control - conversations that countAnnabelle Daniel on the implementationContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
This week we chat to Women’s Community Shelters CEO and Chair of Domestic Violence NSW, Annabelle Daniel. Annabelle has been a leader in the social sector for over 20 years, working in private enterprise, the Australian government and the community sector including as the Manager of Elsie’s refuge, Australia’s first women’s shelter.
As the Independent Member on the New South Wales Coercive Control Implementation Taskforce, along with Chairing the Coercive Control DFV Sect...
2024-07-2522 minCoercive Control - conversations that countDr Jane Wangmann on the legislationContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the new NSW coercive control legislation with Dr Jane Wangmann, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
2024-07-181h 05Coercive Control - conversations that countJess Hill on coercive controlContent warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.
In this first episode, we chat with award-winning journalist and author of See What You Made Me Do, Jess Hill. Join us as we unpack coercive control, what it looks like, its impacts and the dynamics of power and control.
Show Notes:
Jess Hill: https://www.jesshill.net/
See What You Made Me Do: https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/see-what-you-made-me-do
SBS documentary - See What you Made...
2024-07-081h 00
Nursing AustraliaEp38. Domestic Violence MattersIn this February episode of Nursing Australia hear: The latest Nursing Australia News (03:24) Caps on tele-health consults scrapped; WHO prioritizes primary healthcare; App emerges to detect COVID & influenza; Omicron-specific jabs in the works; and vax exemption falsifier disqualified. Supporting victims of domestic & family violence (05:53) How can healthcare professionals better support those affected by DV? Meet survivor turned advocate Jane Matts. 'Sisters In Law Project' Links: Facebook Twitter In the news Subscribe to The Connect (our weekly newsletter) Nursing organizations – why it pay...
2022-02-0129 min
#FeministFridays#FeministFridays With Sarah Liberty & Mel Wojtas, survivor of domestic abuse and Founder of Hive Village - 23.08.19On our weekly @ActionAid_aus #FeministFridays segment this week we're joined by the fabulous Mel Wotjas who is dedicated to speaking out about domestic abuse as a survivor. Hear all about her work & her startup venture @hivevillageAU!
Helpful links:
https://www.dvnsw.org.au/about/voices-for-change/
https://www.whiteribbon.org.au/
https://www.acon.org.au/what-we-are-here-for/domestic-family-violence/
https://www.facebook.com/hivevillage/
https://actionaid.org/
2019-08-2336 min