Significant domestic violence legal changes making it more difficult for high-risk offenders to get bail are set to be passed by the NSW parliament.
NSW's most serious domestic violence offenders will find it harder to get released on bail in "long overdue" plans to keep women and children safe. High-risk offenders already out on bail will also be subject to electronic ankle monitor tracking. The legal changes are set to be passed by NSW parliament this week after a cabinet meeting signed off on the proposal late on Monday.
Minns said the legal changes will make it more difficult for alleged domestic violence offenders to get bail. "These are long overdue, targeted and will help keep women and children safer," he said. The judicial overhaul is part of a $230 million four-year government package unveiled a week earlier aimed at curbing domestic and family violence amid public outcry over several serious and fatal attacks on women.
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