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coercive control

Can cheating amount to coercive control?
Before having a fling, or if you’re looking for an extramarital relationship on or offline, consider the legal...
20 June 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Demand for legal aid set to grow as new coercive control laws come into effect
New Legal Aid NSW data has shown that demand for assistance with domestic violence has grown in recent years, with...
29 April 2024
By Lauren Croft
Coercive control begins at home, but it doesn’t stop there
Workplace psychological abuse is an epidemic that infects our workplaces at great cost to individuals, organisations,...
11 March 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
AI and coercive control: Key criminal law trends in 2024
As new regulations and laws come into play and the use of artificial intelligence becomes commonplace, 2024 is due to...
08 February 2024
By Lauren Croft
Domestic and family violence reforms showing progress, new report says
The first progress report on domestic and family violence reforms in Queensland has been released and reveals the...
10 January 2023
By Lauren Croft
NSW coercive control bill should extend to dowry abuse, says principal
Whilst a positive step towards eradicating domestic and family violence and abuse (DFVA), the bill should also cover...
21 November 2022
By Jess Feyder
Qld introduces coercive control legislation
The first set of legislative amendments aimed at strengthening Queensland’s ability to resist coercive control has...
17 October 2022
By Keonia Swift
NSW A-G to introduce bill outlawing coercive control
The Attorney-General of NSW Mark Speakman is set to bring a bill before the State Parliament this week to criminalise...
12 October 2022
By Keonia Swift
Coercive control is a ‘whole system of abuse’
Walkley award-winning investigative journalist, Jess Hill, spoke about coercive control at Coleman Greig’s Women in...
27 September 2022
By Lauren Croft
‘Legislation is coming’ for coercive control
A recent panel discussion has urged lawyers working in the criminal law and family law space to come forward with their...
24 August 2022
By Lauren Croft
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Qld to criminalise coercive control
The Palaszczuk government has unveiled a “historic overhaul of laws and practices” to better protect Queensland...
11 May 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Coercive control to be criminalised in NSW
An inquiry committee has unanimously agreed to criminalise coercive control in NSW, in a massive step for victims of...
02 July 2021
By Lauren Croft
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National push to criminalise coercive control gives victims strength
Domestic abuse may start featuring more heavily in separation proceedings as more victims of coercive control come...
20 May 2021
By Lauren Croft
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