Legislation will be introduced into state parliament by the end of next year to criminalise coercive control in Queensland.

The family of Hannah Clarke have been campaigning to make it an offence.

She experienced coercive control in the lead up to her murder.

Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman described it as a “huge, historic” day for Queensland.

The recommendations and reform stem from Justice Margaret McMurdo’s Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce’s first report Hear Her Voice.

The $363 million package will “change the criminal justice system”.

“At the moment, really the system is set up to respond to single incidents, of usually physical violence,” Ms Fentiman told Scott Emerson.

“We all now know … the death of Hannah and her three children which played out so horrifically and publicly on our streets, more and more Queenslanders are starting to understand that non physical violence can be just as dangerous.”

She says the reform will mean better responses to those dangerous patterns of behaviour.

She says the taskforce set out what needs to happen before the criminalisation of coercive control, including an awareness campaign.

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