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Coercive Control: SA passes new laws to tackle unseen form of Domestic Violence

This month, South Australia passed laws to criminalise coercive control as a standalone offence, making it the third state to adopt this legislation. Coercive control is an under-reported type of domestic violence where an abuser seeks to control a victim’s behaviour. The state’s laws are set to come in to affect in 2027. Minister for …

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SA’s Royal Commission into Domestic Violence signals hope for advocates

Content Warning: the following contains discussion of domestic violence which may be distressing for some.   Over 5000 voices of lived experience – that’s how many spoke up to inform South Australia’s first Royal Commission into domestic, family and sexual violence. The final report, centring largely on those voices was handed down Tuesday. Commissioner Natasha …

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