New coercive control legislation passes in Queensland ABC News

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Coercive control will become a crime in Queensland after historic laws passed state parliament. • Adults will face a new standalone offence – expected to come into force next year – that carries a jail sentence of up to 14 years. • Coercive control is an often insidious pattern of controlling, isolating and manipulative behaviour within a relationship, and can include verbal abuse, financial control, emotional abuse and social isolation. • The legislation passed following a debate, during which MPs detailed personal stories, including Labor MP Jonty Bush, who spoke about her sister's murder through an act of domestic and family violence when she was just 19 years old . • Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE • Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-0... • ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. • For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY • Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 • Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 • Like ABC News on Facebook: / abcnews.au • Follow ABC News on Instagram: / abcnews_au • Follow ABC News on Twitter: / abcnews • Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. • #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia

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