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Family of murdered woman, children back new DV laws

Police will be able to issue immediate 12-month protections to alleged domestic violence victims after legislation passed state parliament.

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My husband always dreamed of distant oceans. With a volunteer crew, I gave him a sailor’s farewell

Seven years after John’s cremation, I was ready to set him free – with help from Australia’s Volunteer Coast Guard

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'Hannah's smiling down on us': landmark laws begin

Five years after a horrific attack, coercive control has become a criminal offence in Queensland in a "bittersweet" day for a murdered mother's parents.

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Fears new domestic violence police powers may backfire

Victims of domestic violence could be at greater risk of criminalisation under a plan to give police rapid protection powers, advocates warn.

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'We hope Hannah's proud': parents on mission to halt DV

Lloyd and Suzanne Clarke lost their daughter and three grandchildren to domestic violence and have been fierce advocates for criminalising coercive control.

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The pāua and the glory: cafe’s creation sparks pie mania in New Zealand

Flaky pastry filled with seafood delicacy gains cult status and draws crowds to sleepy beach community

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Historic laws aim to stop women suffering in silence

Historic laws that make coercive control a stand-alone offence in Queensland will ensure women will speak up and no longer suffer in silence, advocates say.

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Queensland to make coercive control standalone offence

Three years after Hannah Clarke's death, laws to make coercive control a stand-alone offence have been introduced to Queensland's parliament.

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Domestic violence law reforms pass Queensland parliament, but consultation on criminalisation of coercive control continues

The changes will expand the definition of domestic and family abuse to include a "pattern of behaviour" and will strengthen the offence of stalking.

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Queensland government moves to legislate coercive control as a form of domestic violence

The bill would amend laws to include a ‘pattern of behaviour’ and update the definition of stalking

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Qld moves toward coercive control law

A bill introduced to Queensland parliament is the first step in system-wide domestic violence reform, the state attorney-general says.

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Grace Tame, Hannah Clarke's family applaud Queensland bill to broaden domestic violence definition to include coercive control

Queensland's new bill proposed to broaden the definitions of domestic violence and stalking to include coercive control.

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Online guide to help women facing domestic and family violence, homelessness receives funding

With the backing of the Small Steps 4 Hannah Foundation, The Lady Musgrave Trust launches an online guide to help women experiencing domestic and family violence and homelessness.

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Queensland police union calls for urgent funding and training in wake of domestic violence inquest findings

Sue and Lloyd Clarke echo the sentiments of Police Union president Ian Leavers, calling for the coroner's recommendation for domestic-violence-focused police stations to be acted upon as quickly as possible.

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Families of murder victims Hannah Clarke and Doreen Langham join call for specialist police stations

‘Women have had enough,’ says Prof Kerry Carrington, who has been advocating for domestic violence stations since 2015

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Hannah Clarke inquest concludes as coroner finds further actions by authorities 'unlikely' to have prevented murders

A coroner finds any further actions by authorities were "unlikely" to have stopped Rowan Baxter murdering his estranged partner Hannah Clarke and their children.

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Hannah Clarke inquest concludes with hopes findings will be 'powerful tool for change'

Advocates and lawyers helping women escape domestic violence are hopeful the findings from the inquest into the brutal murders of Hannah Clarke and her three children will be a catalyst for change.

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Hannah Clarke inquest hears how murders have destroyed her parents' lives, in emotional victim impact statement

Hannah Clarke's parents describe how the murder of their daughter and her three children at the hands of her estranged husband has destroyed their lives, leaving them with "all-consuming" grief.

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Chilling footage of Hannah Clarke's estranged husband shopping for fuel can, zip ties shown to inquest

A chilling video showing Hannah Clarke's estranged husband shopping for zip ties and a fuel can to kill his family in his local hardware story is released to the inquest probing the family's murders.

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Hannah Clarke inquest hears police downgraded killer's assault charge days before petrol attack

Police downgraded a serious assault charge against Hannah Clarke’s estranged husband, and did not require him to attend the watch house and apply for bail, just days before he killed her and their three children, an inquest has been told.

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Coroner releases police vision of Hannah Clarke, distraught about daughter's abduction

The inquest examining the murders of Brisbane woman Hannah Clarke and her three children by her estranged husband, Rowan Baxter, sees video of Ms Clarke distraught and frustrated that police were unable to act after Baxter had abducted their daughter.

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Hannah Clarke inquest hears of killer's appalling behaviour over years

As a two-week inquest into the brutal murders of Hannah Clarke and her three children reaches the halfway point, the inquiry hears of a chilling threat made by her killer.

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Police unable to charge Hannah Clarke's estranged husband for abducting daughter months before murders

Police were unable to charge Rowan Baxter despite his "disgusting" abduction of one of their children just months before he murdered the family, an inquest is told.

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