The NSW Government’s bill to criminalise coercive control in intimate partner relationships has passed the Lower House today with support across the Chamber.
Attorney General Mark Speakman said the NSW Government’s landmark Crimes Legislation Amendment (Coercive Control) Bill 2022 creates a stand-alone offence of coercive control, which will carry a maximum sentence of seven years in jail.
Source: Landmark coercive control passes lower house | Mirage News