Domestic violence Western Australia: Labor walks back ‘mandatory’ domestic violence monitoring pledge

Judges are not implementing Western Australia’s family and domestic violence laws mandating the monitoring of repeat offenders, as the state government walks back its declaration that courts would be compelled to impose them.

Michael Robert Reynold Radomiljac, who is charged with rape and strangulation, had his bail conditions amended last week to live in Perth without GPS tracking despite previous domestic violence convictions.

The WA government has walked back its promise that the courts would be forced to impose GPS monitoring on high-risk or repeat domestic violence offenders.

He had been released on bail in August with conditions including a $25,000 surety, but without GPS tracking, to live in the Wheatbelt town of Katanning – despite the WA government previously promising electron