Increase domestic violence maximum sentences and penalties & reform bail laws

We believe weak sentencing, routine bail, and failure to enforce restraining orders allow known abusers to repeatedly breach conditions without consequence. This can put victims at extreme risk and lead to preventable injuries and deaths. We believe laws must prioritise victim safety. Failures in domestic violence responses have cost many lives. We believe dangerous offenders are released despite risk, restraining orders are ignored, sentencing is lenient, and vital evidence is dismissed.