Tag: coercive control Queensland

What is coercive control in Queensland? The Queensland Government has announced that the State will introduce legislation to make coercive control a criminal offense by the end of 2023. The overhaul of laws and practices to better protect Queenslanders from domestic and family violence and hold perpetrators to account also includes: New programs to recognize and prevent coercive control; Commission of Inquiry into police responses to domestic and family violence; Expansion of the Domestic and Family Violence Courts; Better support...