New South Wales Government Proposes Scheme to Release Domestic Violence Records

New South Wales Government Proposes Scheme to Release Domestic Violence Records
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The New South Wales (NSW) government is proposing to extend a scheme that will allow the state’s residents to check if their partner has a history of domestic violence.

The proposal, which the state government plans to implement if elected, means they will expand the pre-existing Right To Ask scheme, which will allow the state’s residents to ask the NSW police to disclose information to a person about their partner’s previous abusive or violent offending over the phone or via an online portal.

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