'Personal toll': DV fighters step back from foundation The parents of a woman killed by her partner have stepped down from a charity after successfully campaigning for laws against coercive control. AAP · Apr 24
Family of murdered woman, children back new DV laws Police will be able to issue immediate 12-month protections to alleged domestic violence victims after legislation passed state parliament. AAP · Aug 28, 2025
'Hannah's smiling down on us': landmark laws begin Five years after a horrific attack, coercive control has become a criminal offence in Queensland in a "bittersweet" day for a murdered mother's parents. AAP · May 26, 2025
Campaigners and Olympians recognised in honours list More than 450 people have been recognised for their achievements in the 2025 Australia Day Honours List. AAP · Jan 25, 2025
'We hope Hannah's proud': parents on mission to halt DV Lloyd and Suzanne Clarke lost their daughter and three grandchildren to domestic violence and have been fierce advocates for criminalising coercive control. AAP · Jan 25, 2025
Coercive control criminalised in landmark legislation More than four years after the murder of Hannah Clarke and her children, coercive control has become a criminal offence in Queensland under landmark laws. AAP · Mar 6, 2024
Historic laws aim to stop women suffering in silence Historic laws that make coercive control a stand-alone offence in Queensland will ensure women will speak up and no longer suffer in silence, advocates say. AAP · Oct 20, 2023
Queensland to make coercive control standalone offence Three years after Hannah Clarke's death, laws to make coercive control a stand-alone offence have been introduced to Queensland's parliament. AAP · Oct 11, 2023
Queensland lays groundwork to outlaw coercive control Queensland has changed the definition of domestic violence to include patterns of behaviour over time ahead of plans to criminalise coercive control. AAP · Feb 23, 2023
Domestic violence law reforms pass Queensland parliament, but consultation on criminalisation of coercive control continues The changes will expand the definition of domestic and family abuse to include a "pattern of behaviour" and will strengthen the offence of stalking. ABC News · Feb 23, 2023
Queensland government moves to legislate coercive control as a form of domestic violence The bill would amend laws to include a ‘pattern of behaviour’ and update the definition of stalking The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2022
Online guide to help women facing domestic and family violence, homelessness receives funding With the backing of the Small Steps 4 Hannah Foundation, The Lady Musgrave Trust launches an online guide to help women experiencing domestic and family violence and homelessness. ABC News · Aug 15, 2022
Work on national approach to coercive control to begin at attorneys-general meeting in Melbourne A meeting of the country's attorneys-general may see a renewed push for coercive control — the pattern of behaviours by abusers to dominate and control their partners — to be criminalised in all states and territories. ABC News · Aug 11, 2022
Queensland police union calls for urgent funding and training in wake of domestic violence inquest findings Sue and Lloyd Clarke echo the sentiments of Police Union president Ian Leavers, calling for the coroner's recommendation for domestic-violence-focused police stations to be acted upon as quickly as possible. ABC News · Jun 30, 2022
ABC News · Jun 29, 2022 Hannah Clarke's parents remember her as so much more than a domestic violence victim Most Queenslanders remember Hannah Clarke as the one whose death shocked the nation but our daughter was so much more than a victim, write Sue and Lloyd Clarke.
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ABC News · Jun 29, 2022 Hannah Clarke inquest concludes as coroner finds further actions by authorities 'unlikely' to have prevented murders A coroner finds any further actions by authorities were "unlikely" to have stopped Rowan Baxter murdering his estranged partner Hannah Clarke and their children.
ABC News · Mar 31, 2022 Hannah Clarke inquest hears how murders have destroyed her parents' lives, in emotional victim impact statement Hannah Clarke's parents describe how the murder of their daughter and her three children at the hands of her estranged husband has destroyed their lives, leaving them with "all-consuming" grief.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2022 ‘They will miss you’: Hannah Clarke found threatening note before she and her children were murdered Sue Clarke tells inquest estranged son-in-law Rowan Baxter ‘belittled’ her, snuck into house
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