For too long, women have been left to protect themselves and their families from men intent on destroying everything they love and cherish. Why should coercive control – the most dangerous kind of domestic abuse – be invisible to the criminal justice system? It’s not good enough to wait for the bruises to appear: we know controlling behaviours are red flags for future homicide. Scotland has set an example for the world to follow. It’s time that Australia got serious about protecting victims and made coercive control a crime.
