Monday 26 May 2025 was a memorable one for so many people in their fight for greater awareness and understanding when it comes to the very real issue of coercive control. This day saw Queensland’s coercive control laws come into…[Continue Reading...]
In 2020, The Weekly campaigned for governments to criminalise coercive control. Now, as new laws come into force in Queensland, we meet families who have lost loved ones to this insidious form of abuse and have been working towards this…[Continue Reading...]
The new laws have come into effect after years of campaigning from advocates, including Sue and Lloyd Clarke, whose daughter Hannah experienced domestic violence and coercive control. Here's what you need to know about the new laws and why it…[Continue Reading...]
An author and coercive control survivor who suffered years of abuse at the hands of a serving garda said abused women are ‘not being believed’ by the authorities. Nicola Hanney spoke out after new figures provided by the DPP confirm…[Continue Reading...]
Tore Klevjer has seen the destruction done to the lives of many people who have become part of a cult in Australia.The president of Cult Information and Family Support Australia is hoping an inquiry into the tactics of cults and…[Continue Reading...]
After more than five decades of extracting hundreds of people from cults, Raphael Aron says the situation’s only getting worse and more people than ever are being brainwashed. “I get at least one call a week from a family wanting…[Continue Reading...]
Frontline workers in Queensland are welcoming new laws that make coercive control a criminal offence as the state grapples with the ongoing scourge of domestic and family violence. Source: The Catholic Leader. The new offence, which comes into effect on…[Continue Reading...]
Is a cult a misunderstood religion? Or something much more dangerous? The line between high-control religions, new religious movements, and 'cults' is as grey as ever. But the fascination we have with these groups is only getting stronger. What counts…[Continue Reading...]
At an asking price of up to $1.65 million, the listing for the property in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges boasts about three hectares of land, exotic European trees and “so many possibilities” – but there’s an unspoken catch. At one time,…[Continue Reading...]
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