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Marty Silk

Queensland lays groundwork to outlaw coercive control

Shannon Fentiman said Queensland police will be trained to identify and respond to coercive control. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Queensland could become the second state to make coercive control a crime as police training and community education begins on that form of domestic violence.

In November, NSW outlawed coercive control - a pattern of controlling and manipulative behaviours over another person, such as limiting their financial independence or contact with their family or friends.

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