What is the Family Violence Protection Act 2008?
Family violence is harmful behaviour that occurs when someone threatens or controls a family member through fear. It can include physical harm, sexual assault, emotional and economic abuse or pet abuse. It may also involve: • unreasonably controlling a person by withholding money for reasonable living expenses where a person is dependent on them for financial support • threatening to harm another family member or pet in order to intimidate • racist taunts that inflict emotional harm • preventing contact with other family members or friends in order to torment the person.
