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Life sentences for rape, new charge for ‘slow femicide’ in Labor domestic violence pledge

Sydney Morning Herald - National ·
Life sentences for rape, new charge for ‘slow femicide’ in Labor domestic violence pledge

Family violence perpetrators whose abuse is found to have triggered a partner’s suicide, and those who abandon a victim in urgent medical need, will be eligible for new charges and sentences for all sexual offences will increase significantly if the Carroll government is re-elected.

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