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  • 3/7/2024
Coercive control will become a crime in Queensland after laws passed state parliament making it a standalone offence with a jail sentence of up to 14 years.
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00:06 Coercive control isn't a warning of violence.
00:32 It is violence itself.
00:35 And that's why it's been criminalized today.
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