National Principles to Address Coercive Control: Consultation Summary

The federal government has released a draft summary of the statistics and key findings that will underpin the National Principles to Address Coercive Control – a set of legal guidelines finalised by the Standing Council of Attorneys-General in 2023.

Commonwealth, states, and territories are working together to develop National Principles to Address Coercive Control (National Principles).

The consultation process was open until 11 November 2022 and included an online survey and a series of targeted roundtable consultations.

Over 400 individuals, groups, and agencies provided feedback. All quantitative data is drawn from survey responses; qualitative data is drawn from analysis of free text survey responses, submissions, roundtables, and small groups discussions.