Member for Willoughby Tim James is pleased to welcome the reforms of life-saving coercive control as the new laws pass through Parliament.
Mr James announced the new laws will make it an offence to carry out repeated abusive behaviours to a current or former intimate partner with the intent to coerce or control and will carry a sentence of up to seven years in jail.
Ultimately, the new passage of these laws means NSW government is committed to making sure women, children and all members of the Willoughby community will be safe from violence.
Premier Dominic Perrottet said NSW continued to lead the nation in addressing women’s safety and domestic and family violence issues adding that the government made a commitment to deliver these landmark reforms to protect the people of NSW.
“There is no doubt that these reforms, which are the first of their kind in this country, will help save lives and deter an abusive and controlling pattern of behaviour that is unacceptable” said Premier Perrottet.