The Premier might be right to question the motives of some groups criticism, but so far the ‘belt and road’ agreement has not produced the promised benefits to Victoria.
The annual ABS report revealed the three most common offences in Australia were: acts intended to cause injury (78,523 offenders); illicit drug offences (74,443 offenders); public order offences (40,975 offenders). The report showed the profile of criminal offenders in three-quarters of all cases were males aged about 30 years old. The male offender rate was around three times the female offender rate with 2,559 male offenders per 100,000 males and 813 female offenders per 100,000 females. The most common crime committed by male offenders was acts intended to cause injury . For female offenders, the most common crime was illicit drug offences. The report data also showed public order offences (that involves a breach of public order or decency including public drunkenness, disorderly behaviour in a public place and drinking alcohol in alcohol free zones) dropped by 24 per cent, down by 12,608 offenders, from the previous year.
New domestic violence laws may criminalise coercive control in the Northern Territory
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FebFebruary 2021 at 8:47pm
Frontline workers in domestic violence services say almost all their clients have experienced some form of coercive control.
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The Northern Territory Government could soon criminalise coercive control abuse, as domestic violence rates climb across the Territory.
Key points:
The NT has the highest rate of domestic violence-related offences in the nation
The Criminal Lawyers Association says current laws are enough, and the focus should be on education
Coercive control can include a range of emotional, psychological and financial abuse, such as isolating someone from their friends and family, humiliating or insulting them.