The ACT Government has allocated more than $12 million extra in the 2024-25 ACT Budget to address domestic, family and sexual violence, including coercive control.
A 19-year-old man from Queensland's Sunshine Coast has been charged with five counts of sexual intercourse without consent after an incident in November 2021. Â
The heartbreaking rates of domestic and family violence continues to be a stain on Australia, with an estimated 2.2 million adults reported as victims of physical and/or sexual violence by a partner from the age of 15.
The federal government is setting up a Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission as part of its next national plan to end violence against women and children.
