The Parliament of NSW’s Joint Select Committee on Coercive Control released its report on coercive control in domestic relationships last week.
The inquiry heard from domestic violence workers and advocates, police, prosecutors, and academics, and has come to a strong conclusion: legislating to criminally recognise coercive control needs to happen in this term of Parliament.
But what does that mean practically? State Member for Charlestown and Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Jodie Harrison joined Newcastle in the Morning.
