A draft bill set to go before state parliament defines domestic abuse and proposes lengthy jail sentences for abusers who use coercive control in intimate relationships.
A draft bill released by the NSW Attorney-General would see people convicted of coercive control in intimate partner relationships jailed for up to seven years.It comes after a parliamentary inquiry found current laws were not adequateIt comes after a parliamentary inquiry found coercive control should be criminalised, with at least 29 preventable murders of women and children in 2020 alone.
"It's critical that we have consultation to ensure that the reforms only capture very serious incidents of abuse," he said. "Coercive control is insidious and sadly, it's a significant red flag for intimate partner homicide."Analysis by the Domestic Violence Review Team found that 111 of the 112 victims of intimate partner domestic homicides in NSW between March 2008 and June 2016 were subjected to coercive and controlling behaviour before their deaths.
"These reforms are crucial to ensuring that we recognise in law a pattern of behaviour which is identified as a precursor to domestic violence deaths," she said.While the draft bill has been welcomed by women's safety advocates, some are calling for more consultation time.
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