In Australia, there is growing recognition that children and young people are not just witnesses to domestic, family and sexual violence, but victim-survivors in their own right. While we are getting ...

42% of Australians still have low awareness of coercive control, according to new research released this week. The study, published in Wiley Australian Journal of Social Issues, revealed that nearly ...

Just two people have been sentenced under landmark new coercive control laws in five months, with more than 150 victims still ...

This past October, domestic violence month, was also a time to recognize changes to the legal definition of domestic violence. This year's statutory progress included coercive control in intimate ...

New Sask. legislation will recognize coercive control, cyberstalking as interpersonal violence CBC Thu, October 23, 2025 at 5:11 p.m. PDT New Sask. legislation will recognize coercive control, ...

New legislation is in the pipeline to combat the fear, control and complete power domestic and family abusers have over their victims. The Queensland government has announced a new taskforce to take ...

More than 50 charges of coercive control have been laid in the six months since it was criminalised in Queensland, but advocates and legal experts believe more training is needed to better identify ...

Warning: This story deals with intimate partner violence and self-harm. A survivor of intimate partner violence has called for coercive control to be criminalised, similar to new legislation in two ...

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Thirteen people have been convicted under new legislation which outlaws coercive control and psychological abuse, the First Minister has revealed. The Domestic Abuse Act came into force in April, ...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the issue of coercive control in intimate relationships is “front of mind” as he prepares a new justice bill. MPs on the House of Commons status of women ...