Overview

• Parliament approved legislation allowing police to issue 12-month police protection directions without court oversight or the suspected victim’s consent.
• Labor raised misidentification risks and sought stronger safeguards that were voted down, then supported the bill at the final vote.
• Advocacy groups cite official review data showing about 44.4% of women killed in reviewed cases were misidentified at least once, with nearly all Indigenous women previously labeled perpetrators.
• The package adds a GPS monitoring pilot for high‑risk offenders with 150 devices to be available to courts by year’s end, plus a trial of video‑recorded evidence.
• Implementation will be phased to allow police training, and ministers argue the measures will free officers to respond to surging domestic violence call‑outs.