Major changes to laws around stealthing, consent and coercive control are set to be introduced into Queensland Parliament and passed next year in a move advocates say has been needed for decades.
Attorney-General and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Shannon Fentiman said the government will now move to change the definition to replace the word "given" with "agreed".
The state will also move to make "stealthing" a crime by recognising it as rape, coming into line with NSW, Victoria, the ACT, South Australia and Tasmania where it is also illegal.Stealthing is when a partner secretly removes a condom during sex, without the other person's consent. The law reforms were among 188 recommendations from the final Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce's Hear her Voice report, which have all been supported or supported in principle by the state government.
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