The proposed extension of a scheme by the NSW government will allow women and men across the state to check if their partner has a history of domestic violence.
Privacy controls would be put in place to avoid people making malicious applicationsThe Right To Know scheme, which was trialled in 2016 at Tamworth, Nowra, St George and Sutherland, will be extended statewide if the Coalition wins the state election.
The two-year pilot from April 2016, which was the first of its kind in Australia, received mixed reviews from community groups, with about 50 people using the service toThe reformed scheme would allow people to call a hotline or use an online portal to request information, unlike the original trial, where people had to attend a police station.
The program is based on Clare's Law in the UK, which was established following the 2009 murder of Clare Wood by a former partner who had prior assault convictions. Deputy Premier and Minister for Police Paul Toole said the reformed tool would help keep women safe with the increase in online dating. "The dating landscape has shifted considerably since then with more and more people accessing dating apps and dating outside known friendship circles," Mr Toole said."Our priority is to protect a woman's right to be safe in a relationship," Ms Ward said.
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