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coercive control laws will disadvantage First Nations women

  • Written by Emma Buxton-Namisnyk, Lecturer, School of Law, Society and Criminology, UNSW Sydney
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In July this year the NSW government released a draft bill outlining a proposed standalone offence of coercive control for NSW.

Under the proposed law, repeated abusive behaviours such as controlling an intimate partner’s finances, isolating them from their family, or monitoring their movements, could amount to a criminal offence...

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