Overview

• The NSW government introduced the bill to parliament on Thursday, with debate slated for next week.
• The reform lifts the standard non-parole period from 20 to 25 years for murders of current or former partners.
• Officials describe it as the first law in Australia to set a sentencing benchmark specific to intimate partner homicide, aligning penalties with the state’s most severe categories.
• Ministers credited Tabitha Acret’s advocacy following the 2022 killing of her daughter, Mackenzie Anderson, as the catalyst for the change.
• An appeal court left Tyrone Thompson’s 22.5-year sentence intact, including a 15.5-year non-parole period, highlighting that the new measure resets the statutory standard rather than revisiting past cases.