The move comes after yet another high-profile alleged domestic violence incident which saw a woman stabbed outside an Alexandria gym on Wednesday.
The NSW government will introduce changes to bail laws to make it harder for men deemed a high-risk of committing future domestic violence offences to be released from jail, as Premier Chris Minns concedes the rate of violence against women has reached emergency proportions., Minns revealed he would introduce a bill next week to toughen bail laws for domestic violence offenders seen to be the highest risk of reoffending.
Almost 40,000 Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders have been issued in NSW in the past 12 months.“What we are looking at in terms of our intervention is the bail remand question, particularly for high-risk offenders,” he said.The reforms have yet to be signed off by cabinet, and Minns said the package was still being finalised.
. While the government is yet to receive that advice, Minns said he was pushing ahead with the reforms.“The scale of the problem is growing, not diminishing.” “That can give an indication that the offender is a potential high risk to commit a homicide or commit continued violence against a victim-survivor,” he said.
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