My heart is heavy this morning.
A long thread..TRIGGER
I became a dr, a brown one at that!Doesn’t that mean we have equality? Despite the fact at least a 1/5 of the work of GPs is fam violence related - there’s no fam violence Medicare rebate. GP’s are financially #MedTwitter
A long thread..TRIGGER
I became a dr, a brown one at that!Doesn’t that mean we have equality? Despite the fact at least a 1/5 of the work of GPs is fam violence related - there’s no fam violence Medicare rebate. GP’s are financially #MedTwitter
Penalised if they spend too long with a patient.
Medicare cards are linked with abusive hsbs so some women cannot access medical help.
GPs know that women need more than what can be offered in a consult- but the psychologist or psychiatrist books are full- & they charge gaps...
Medicare cards are linked with abusive hsbs so some women cannot access medical help.
GPs know that women need more than what can be offered in a consult- but the psychologist or psychiatrist books are full- & they charge gaps...
But these women, even the rich ones are under financial control & cannot pay!
So we sometimes try not to charge but then we have our own families to consider & once again female drs will wear the costs because the govt won’t.@RonniSalt @Lisa_Wilkinson @Drhutch2011
So we sometimes try not to charge but then we have our own families to consider & once again female drs will wear the costs because the govt won’t.@RonniSalt @Lisa_Wilkinson @Drhutch2011
We want to ask if our women are safe - but if they are not - we need somewhere safe to send them & their children...and most of the time those places are full...and we also @DMckateface @mckaty @hegarty_kelsey @drlouisehansen @davtw2 @WCS_CEO @LynAnge11
...need to get police assistance but the local police tells me the DV liaison officer (dvlo) is out on other duties - oh & she’s getting paid less than other cops too...@ms_dines @dhanyajmani @duskywhalerkate @AbigailBoydMLC
..& the police officer has been given less than a day’s training on family violence, and no training in trauma informed care, so he tells me to tell my patient to ‘try again later’ @GeraldineBilst1 @BethanyinCBR @natcroxon @Absurd_Penguin @kelfuller @janine_hendry
...& The organisation that used to give women an untethered phone has had funding cuts, the shelters have had funding cuts, women’s legal services have funding cuts ...@HayleyFoster_ @mckaty @MWS_NSW
...So she needs legal assistance, but can’t use access any without money, and the free service is not specific enough for her, & shes not eligible for legal aid.
...She can’t search Google for accomodation if he’s tracking her phone, she can’t search up rentals or ‘family lawyers’ but even if she could she wouldn’t be able to pay for it @womenssafetynsw @NTVorg
....If she goes to the police, they wants to see bruises but abusers know better than to leave them...
...If she has damage from being raped, he will say it’s ‘rough sex play’
And she obviously regrets it now and wants to punish him for it
And she obviously regrets it now and wants to punish him for it
...if he’s using coercive control over her she cannot access the legal system because that’s still a COMPLETELY legal behaviour
If he’s sent her 250 texts it’s her fault for responding, it’s also her fault for not changing her number, it’s also her fault if he threatens suicide because he obviously “really loves her”...it’s her fault for not responding so that’s why he texts. ...
....If she tries to leave with the children. She immediately stops being a victim of domestic violence. She enters a twilight world where she is now the perpetrator of the worst crime in this country- ‘taking the children away from their dad’ @custodypeace
...Suddenly the police don’t want to know her & say this is a ‘family court matter’
The lawyers, even her own , will say she is unreasonable for wanting to keep her kids away from someone they are scared of. @CCCBuryStEd @TheACECC @moonscapecat @TrishDoyleMP
The lawyers, even her own , will say she is unreasonable for wanting to keep her kids away from someone they are scared of. @CCCBuryStEd @TheACECC @moonscapecat @TrishDoyleMP
...They want evidence- but what evidence? She’s not able to take photos of abuse because he’s tracking her phone, & he’s reading her messages & looking at her diaries. She’s not allowed to record her abuse without asking his permission first...@paulmcgorrery
...They want evidence of the child abuse , but when she provides it she obviously ‘coached them’ to make up lies.
She is repeatedly asked to ‘be cooperative’ & let the kids see their dad, but the kids are terrified of him even when she’s there ..so how can she possibly send
She is repeatedly asked to ‘be cooperative’ & let the kids see their dad, but the kids are terrified of him even when she’s there ..so how can she possibly send
them there alone? Which person wants to send their child to someone who scares them? Who hurts them?
She is told to stop being emotional because the kids will absorb her distress & she will be considered a risk to them
She is told to stop being emotional because the kids will absorb her distress & she will be considered a risk to them
But she cannot access a psychologist because if she does they’ll say she’s “Mentally Ill” and therefore unreliable & probably a bad mum
@scarlettrfranks
@scarlettrfranks
I can tweet all day about the barriers she will face leaving an abuser , I can tweet all day about all the obstacles she will face trying to get medical help, or psych help or legal help.
But instead I am going to wear black, because this is a day of mourning -for everyone woman who is not safe, or has not been safe in the past, or who one day will not be safe or who worries her daughter will not be safe. A mourning for families that have lost one of their
precious girls .
For all the women scared to walk the streets in the dark (and that’s most of us)
For all the women who have silently PM’ed me with their story, or the story of a loved one because they are still at risk, or bc there are legal proceedings or just because..
For all the women scared to walk the streets in the dark (and that’s most of us)
For all the women who have silently PM’ed me with their story, or the story of a loved one because they are still at risk, or bc there are legal proceedings or just because..
...For all of us on the frontline who are so sickened by what women have to go through. And how little the govt cares about them.
Kates story is all of our story because it showed us clearly with how much ease a woman’s experience at the hands of abusers are dismissed. @davtw2
Kates story is all of our story because it showed us clearly with how much ease a woman’s experience at the hands of abusers are dismissed. @davtw2
...for the sheer hopelessness we all face each & every day.
I will be marching today because I’m lucky enough to be able to, for those of you that cannot - because of safety issues, PTSD symptoms, personal preference, distance or disability, I’ll be taking photos & recording what
I will be marching today because I’m lucky enough to be able to, for those of you that cannot - because of safety issues, PTSD symptoms, personal preference, distance or disability, I’ll be taking photos & recording what
I can and post updates as they happen.
I’m so sorry if this post triggered anyone. My intention is to validate and vouch for.
I haven’t touched the sides yet, with this post , there are a million more barriers to safety ...please feel free to add them here
I’m so sorry if this post triggered anyone. My intention is to validate and vouch for.
I haven’t touched the sides yet, with this post , there are a million more barriers to safety ...please feel free to add them here
We’ve got refreshments & are almost there... 
“We are not threatened by silence, we are comfortable in it”
Journalist @Lisa_Wilkinson on stage now
“Brittany Higgins will not be silenced”
“Finally having the conversations we have been aching to have” @Lisa_Wilkinson
Brittany Higgins will speak her words herself! Way to go Brittany!
@Drhutch2011 , myself and @duskywhalerkate with the amazing @tanya_plibersek - she was so interested and compassionate...we have so many wonderful women in this country. Thank you for accepting our petition with @larissawaters today @davtw2
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