PHOTO: The Western NSW Community Legal Centre says they welcome the criminalisation of ‘coercive control’.
In a landmark victory for victims of sexual, domestic and family violence, the NSW government have finally recognised that abuse is not always physical.
A new law to criminalise coersive control was announced by the NSW government on the 20 July, which will see perpetrators of this form of abuse gaoled for up to seven years.
While it is a much more subtle form of abuse, Solicitor Hannah Robinson from the Dubbo-based Western NSW Community Legal Centre said that “for many victims, the long-term impacts of controlling, non-violent behaviour are significantly worse than the impact of any physical violence…