It took months for Stephanie* to find the courage to call Queensland police and report coercive controlling behaviour by her ex-partner. When she got through to an officer at a Brisbane police station ...

Older Australians are facing hidden and often unrecognised forms of coercive control, with new research showing that systems ...

Exclusive data obtained by The Courier-Mail shows 17 coercive control matters have been finalised in Queensland courts – 10 which were sentenced to jail and seven matters either dismissed or withdrawn ...

Legislation on coercive control often focuses on women and children in domestic violence situations but fails to recognise the risk for older people too, Associate Professor Maree Bernoth tells AAA.

A 37-year-old repeat domestic violence offender who “instilled fear” in his ex-wife, has become the first in a Qld District Court to be sentenced under new coercive control legislation. Lee Lawrence ...

For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women ...

A court has heard how one man’s domestic violence spree included the sinister boast: “I can go somewhere and sit there and hide and watch you.” The 37-year-old fronted Bundaberg Magistrates Court on ...

Queensland courts have sentenced just 10 people for coercive control while more than 350 victims await justice in the first year it has been designated a crime. Exclusive data obtained by The ...