Domestic violence advocates have welcomed proposed reforms to strengthen protections for victim-survivors in NSW, including a move to keep up with abusers who are weaponising technology for control.
The definition of stalking could be updated in NSW to reflect the use of technology-facilitated tracking and monitoring by domestic and family violence abusers, in what advocates say is a "critical" step. The change is part of a suite of proposed new legal reforms announced by the state government on Monday as it works to strengthen protections for victim-survivors.
' research found that one in two Australians have had at least one experience of such abuse in their lifetime. About 37 per cent of victim-survivors reported their most recent experience was in a current or former partner relationship. Around 62 per cent said the perpetrator was a man. Women were more likely than men to experience this form of abuse. About one in three of respondents had experienced monitoring or controlling behaviours, or emotional abuse or threats.
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