Family Law Insights & News

May is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to shine a light on the realities of family and domestic violence, including the forms of abuse that are often invisible to the outside world.

In the lead up to Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day on 7 May, it feels especially important to pause and reflect on a growing issue impacting families across Australia -childhood emotional abuse.

Coercive control is increasingly recognised as one of the most serious and dangerous forms of domestic and family violence. While it may not always involve physical harm, its impacts can be profound and long‑lasting. Recent legislative reforms across Australia signal an important shift in how the legal system responds to this form of abuse.