Of course. The best way to do it is obviously community involvement—stakeholders and service providers—and looking at the experiences of international jurisdictions as well. Take in as much data and information as possible before taking a step forward.
Based on our analysis, we've noted that other jurisdictions have already undertaken this sort of consideration and have found that, when they started out with a narrower approach, specifically intimate partners alone, the prevalence of violence for older adults—because it was no longer just intimate partners and was extended out to other family members and caregivers—meant it was more appropriate to extend the definition of coercive control to include not just intimate partners. This was found in England and Wales. Ireland is now currently making recommendations to make that change. Queensland started off at that stage.
