Latest news: Coercive control

Domestic violence, coercive control, registry marriages, rental homes, and new schools: ACT politicians' concerns this week.

The Canberra Liberals will introduce legislation to create a standalone criminal offence for coercive control.

A new report released today by the Centre for Women’s Economic Safety (CWES) calls for general insurers to disrupt domestic violence in Australia by re-designing products to prevent financial abuse.

The NSW government bill to criminalise coercive control was passed in State Parliament on 16 November 2022; the ACT is expected to follow.

An estimated 2.2 million adult women (23 per cent) and 1.4 million adult men (16 per cent) have experienced partner emotional abuse, new analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Personal Safety Survey data today reveals.

The New South Wales Parliament’s Joint Select Committee on Coercive Control’s report, released today, unanimously recommends the criminalisation of coercive control but that criminalisation alone will not work without systemic reform.