National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book: Definitions of coercive control
Relationships Australia - Queensland: What is coercive control?
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: The criminalisation of coercive control - The power of the law?
Vol. 8 No. 4, pp. 94-108
Judicial Officer's Bulletin: Criminalising coercive control - a complex discussion
Psychology of Violence: Placing coercive control at the centre - what are the processes of coercive control and what makes control coercive
Australian Lawyer's Alliance: Criminalising coercive control will risk harm to First Nations women
Victims
Children of Victims
Family Protection Groups
Women's Agenda: Coercive control results
Governments
Respect Victoria (Vic. Govt): Coercive control and the primary prevention of family violence
Queensland
ABC News: How will Queensland criminalise coercive control in domestic violence relationships?
The taskforce (Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce, with Margaret McMurdo) recommends in 'Hear Her Story' the creation of a standalone offence of coercive control in Queensland; however there's still plenty of groundwork to do first. It's recommended the offence be placed into the criminal code and carry a maximum penalty of 14 years in jail. The legislation to establish the offence should be introduced to parliament by 2023, according to the report, and following the implementation of other changes. Per the report's recommendation, the changes will be modelled on a similar offence that operates in Scotland, and will include a defence that the conduct was reasonable in the context of the relationship as a whole, with the onus of proof on the defendant.
New South Wales
New South Wales is set (as at March 2022) to outlaw coercive control, making the state one of the first in Australia to make the abusive act a stand-alone offence.
Tasmania is the only Australia State to criminalise non-physical forms of family violence such as economic abuse and emotional abuse or intimidation in the Family Violence Act 2004 (TAS). This legislation covers current and previous intimate partners and victims/survivors are not required to provide proof on harm.
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