The ACT has dropped a promise to track domestic violence perpetrators in the community because the multi-million dollar cost of introducing ankle monitors was considered too high.
Expanding the scheme to cover domestic and family violence perpetrators was found to cost more than $18 million a year, The Canberra Times can reveal.
Chief Minister Andrew Barr promised to introduce electronic monitoring in the ACT following an urgent national cabinet meeting convened in May 2024 to consider gender-based violence in Australia.
