The public awareness campaign against forced marriage has increased in recent years with a specific law against it introduced in 2013.
Jenny Stanger, from the Salvation Army's Freedom Partnership to End Modern Slavery, says the changes to legislation have prompted more at-risk people to come forward, with many disclosing their predicament to their school counsellor.
It's an issue the Turnbull government is already looking into with a one-year trial partially removing that inability to get help without police involvement.
The opposition is also promising a multi-million-dollar funding boost and civil protection orders to allow courts to intervene on behalf of adults at risk, something the government is also considering.
Labor's Clare O'Neil explains the purpose of civil protection orders.
In the five years since new laws were introduced, 232 allegations of forced marriage have been referred to federal police.
Just two have progressed to prosecution and so far none has resulted in conviction.
Jennifer Burn, from Anti-Slavery Australia, says the focus of measuring success should lie in prevention, rather than prosecution.
www.forcedmarriage.nsw.gov.au
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