Coercive control taskforce created in Queensland

Queensland has taken the first step towards criminalising coercive control by abusive partners, in memory of murdered mum Hannah Clarke. The primary indicators of coercive control according to healthline are: Isolating you from your support system - this includes suggesting joint social media accounts, moving you away from your family, monitoring your phone calls or convincing you that your family or friends hate you - this includes suggesting joint social media accounts, moving you away from your family, monitoring your phone calls or convincing you that your family or friends hate you Monitoring your activity throughout the day - this includes setting up cameras in the house, connecting your phone to tracking apps - this includes setting up cameras in the house, connecting your phone to tracking apps Denying you freedom and autonomy - this includes discouraging you from going to work or school, socialising, restricting your access to transportation or constantly taking your phone - this includes discouraging you from going to work or school, socialising, restricting your access to transportation or constantly taking your phone Gaslighting - this includes a need to always be right and to ensure the victim acknowledges that they are in the wrong or mistaken - this includes a need to always be right and to ensure the victim acknowledges that they are in the wrong or mistaken Name-calling and putting you down - this includes trying to shame the victim, make them feel self conscious - this includes trying to shame the victim, make them feel self conscious Limiting your access to money - taking control of banking, encouraging a joint back account, setting 'allowances', hiding financial resources, strictly monitoring spending - taking control of banking, encouraging a joint back account, setting 'allowances', hiding financial resources, strictly monitoring spending Reinforcing traditional gender roles Turning your kids against you - this includes belittling you in front of children, including them in arguments - this includes belittling you in front of children, including them in arguments Controlling aspects of your health and body - this includes monitoring how much you eat, sleep, drink, what medication you consume, making you exercise or limiting your exercise - this includes monitoring how much you eat, sleep, drink, what medication you consume, making you exercise or limiting your exercise Making jealous accusations Regulating your sexual relationship - this includes making blanket demands about how much or how little sex is involved in the relationship, refusing to wear protection or demanding photographs or videos - this includes making blanket demands about how much or how little sex is involved in the relationship, refusing to wear protection or demanding photographs or videos Threatening your children or pets - this includes making threats against their safety, threatening to report a victim to authorities and lying, making decisions without speaking with the victim While coronavirus restrictions have limited the family's ability to put together a public tribute, they are urging the public to keep Hannah and her children in their thoughts on Friday. A year on from the crime which shocked the nation, Hannah's parents are still fighting for coercive control laws to be introduced to support other victims. A year on from the crime which shocked the nation, Hannah's parents are still fighting for coercive control laws to be introduced to support other victims This Friday, Lloyd and Sue Clarke will light a candle to represent each of the lives lost on February 19, 2020 They hope that further legislation and government campaigns will help to raise public awareness about the issue. A year on from the crime which shocked the nation, Hannah's parents are still fighting for coercive control laws to be introduced to support other victims