Queensland to criminalise coercive control and probe police response to domestic violence

Criminalising coercive control has been on the state's agenda since the murder of Hannah Clarke and her three children in 2020

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The Queensland government says it will fully implement all 89 recommendations of a landmark women's safety taskforce, including introducing new laws to criminalise coercive control and holding a four-month inquiry into widespread cultural issues" within the state's police service.

The government says it will spend $363m on a package of reforms recommended by the taskforce, led by the former court of appeal president Margaret McMurdo.

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