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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee

Queensland to criminalise coercive control and probe police response to domestic violence

Hannah Clarke with her son Trey Baxter, who were killed by their husband and father, Rowan Baxter.
Hannah Clarke with her son Trey Baxter, who were killed by their husband and father, Rowan Baxter. Photograph: David Kelly/The Clarke Family

The Queensland government says it will fully implement all 89 recommendations of a landmark women’s safety taskforce, including introducing new laws to criminalise coercive control and holding a four-month inquiry into “widespread cultural issues” within the state’s police service.

The government says it will spend $363m on a package of reforms recommended by the taskforce, led by the former court of appeal president Margaret McMurdo.

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