I refer to the Ombudsman’s finding that a significant majority of perpetrators had prior family and domestic violence history, and I ask:(a) Please table what proportion of offenders in family and dom

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14 April 2026
Portfolio: Police

Question

I refer to the Ombudsman’s finding that a significant majority of perpetrators had prior family and domestic violence history, and I ask:(a) Please table what proportion of offenders in family and domestic violence incidents had prior recorded incidents in each of the past three years;(b) What escalation, monitoring or intervention pathways are in place for repeat offenders;(c) Are there defined thresholds or criteria that trigger escalation for repeat offending; and(d) Has the effectiveness of these pathways been formally evaluated, and if so, what were the outcomes? I refer to the Ombudsman’s finding that a significant majority of perpetrators had prior family and domestic violence history, and I ask: (a) Please table what proportion of offenders in family and domestic violence incidents had prior recorded incidents in each of the past three years; (b) What escalation, monitoring or intervention pathways are in place for repeat offenders; (c) Are there defined thresholds or criteria that trigger escalation for repeat offending; and (d) Has the effectiveness of these pathways been formally evaluated, and if so, what were the outcomes?

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