Queensland to push on with criminalising coercive control despite questions over police culture

State government committed to introducing legislation by end of 2023 but police need extensive training', attorney general says

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The Queensland attorney general says the state will not delay plans to criminalise coercive control, regardless of the findings of an ongoing commission of inquiry into police responses to domestic and family violence.

The inquiry has heard damning evidence about misogynistic, masculine and bullying cultures within the Queensland police service, which has heightened concerns that moves to introduce new laws outlawing coercive control could have unintended consequences for some women.

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