Harmonious social living occurs when people get what they want without stopping others from getting what they want.

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 ...

I’ve heard women describe years of psychological torture. Partners who controlled what they wore, who they spoke to, how they spent every penny. Men who monitored phones, isolated them from family and ...

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 ...

Since coercive control became a criminal offence in NSW only nine charges have been laid. Between July 2024 and June 2025, the state received 297 reports of coercive control. Frontline domestic ...

Coercive control will be criminalised in the ACT by mid-2026, the government said today. Family Violence Minister Marisa Paterson says a steering committee will oversee the law's progression, in ...

NSW Police recorded 297 incidents of coercive control in the year since it was criminalised in the state, but laid charges only on nine occasions. Despite hundreds of recorded instances, the new ...

Domestic abuse isn’t just physical. People can be subject to assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation that is used to punish or frighten them – this is known as coercive control. Coercive ...

The ACT is set to criminalise coercive control by the middle of 2026, making it a standalone offence. Warning: This story references domestic and family violence and coercive control. Family Violence ...

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New Opposition Leader Jess Wilson has vowed to push the laws through parliament in her first 100 days in office if efforts to introduce them to parliament next week are blocked by the Allan government ...