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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Natasha May

Tracking a partner with smart tech considered stalking under changes to NSW domestic violence laws

Woman backlit using cellphone
Reforms to be introduced in NSW parliament this month ‘send a clear message that domestic and family violence will not be tolerated’, women’s safety commissioner Hannah Tonkin says. Photograph: JuFagundes/Getty Images/iStockphoto

The New South Wales government will modernise the definition of “stalking” to cover smart technology-facilitated tracking increasingly being weaponised by domestic abusers as part of a suite of reforms that aim to strengthen protection for victim-survivors of domestic and family violence.

They will also increase the penalties for repeated and serious breaches of apprehended domestic violence orders, introduce serious domestic abuse prevention orders and make it easier and safer to change a child’s name.

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