The ACT government will introduce coercive control as a standalone criminal offence by the middle of next year in an effort to better combat domestic violence. Frontline services have welcomed the ...

A campaigner and survivor of domestic abuse has issued a checklist of signs to help identify somebody who is experiencing coercive control.

Since coercive control became a criminal offence in NSW only nine charges have been laid. Between July 2024 and June 2025, the state received 297 reports of coercive control. Frontline domestic ...

The state’s landmark coercive control legislation came into force on 1 July 2024, and despite hundreds of reports to police, only nine charges have been laid. The state’s landmark coercive control ...

Coercive control can include isolating a person from friends and family, monitoring their time and taking control over ...

The state’s landmark coercive control legislation came into force on 1 July 2024, making it an offence to use abusive behaviours against a current or former intimate partner with the intent of ...