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The First Man Has Been Jailed Under NSW’s Coercive Control Laws (www.marieclaire.com.au)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to c/news@aussie.zone
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This is slightly older news from early February that I just caught wind of. There's a couple longer paywalled posts on Mamamia and SMH.

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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago

The behaviour being described is insane. If this legislation filled a legal gap which enabled this sort of behaviour to be prosecuted substantially beyond just stalking and harassment, then it's great to see it's finally in action.

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Someone did an oopsie

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's the correct link, it's just blocking access for you (my guess is they're blocking either non-Australian IP addresses or maybe VPN)

https://web.archive.org/web/20260211031024/https://www.marieclaire.com.au/news/advocacy/man-sentenced-prison-coercive-control/

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Works for me. I'm from EU.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago

All the links work at my end.