Tough new stand on DV
POLICE must record every family violence incident and there will be tough new penalties for strangulation after a law reform package passed through Western Australia’s parliament.
The comprehensive package amended nine separate pieces of legislation under six ministerial portfolios.
The new criminal offence for suffocation and strangulation comes after research found that women suffering such abuse were seven times more likely to die by homicide, compared with other family violence victims.
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