Former cop's no-nonsense simple solution to the deadly domestic violence ... trends now

A former cop of 30 years and a leading criminologist has revealed his no-nonsense solutions to Australia's domestic violence epidemic.

Dr Vincent Hurley, who was a NSW police officer and negotiator for 30 years, is a university lecturer on policing at Macquarie University in Sydney.

He, like millions of Australians, has become increasingly fed-up with the lack of action from the government in combating the nation's domestic violence crisis.

The rate of women killed by an intimate partner, all of whom were male, saw an almost 30 per cent spike in 2022-23 compared to the previous year.

Earlier this week The Albanese government announced a $925million investment to establish the Leaving Violence Program over the next five years.

Women fleeing violent or abusive relationships will receive $5000 payments as part of the package.

Those eligible will receive $1500 in cash and a further $3500 made up of goods and services, which will be indexed in coming years. 

Federal, state and territory police ministers, as well as attorneys-general, will work to improve police responses to high-risk or serial perpetrators of violence against women.

National cabinet agreed to greater information sharing between jurisdictions about perpetrators. 

Meanwhile, a new online ad campaign challenging misogynistic stereotypes perpetuated on the internet will be rolled out from mid-June until May 2025. 

But Dr Hurley says more is needed.

He shared his recommendations for how domestic violence victims can be better supported and even saved, and his powerful message to young women in Australia.

Dr Hurley said bail should be 'flatly refused' for domestic violence offenders to allow their victims vital breathing space following an offence.

He conceded there was little police could do to keep perpetrators behind bars with magistrates many times ruling standards for refusing bail had not been met.

'If I was to arrest you for stealing, I'm have to make sure that there were certain elements in that offence before I can actually arrest you,' he said.

'But with domestic violence, that is not the case. I used to be able to arrest someone on domestic violence just on the slightest bit of evidence.'

When Dr Hurley first joined the force in 1981, offenders who committed armed hold-ups were usually refused bail due to the risk of further violence.

'We have a case now that is worse than armed robbery because women are being murdered, but they're entitled to bail,' he said.

'So when it goes then to court, the magistrates' generally looks at the circumstances and the offender's solicitor will argue they should get bail.

'Generally speaking they will get bail because the magistrates sees the person's liberty being far more important than the threat to society or to the victim.'

Dr Hurley said the Albanese government had announced new funding for domestic violence as a political strategy to ensure his re-election. 

'Funding is only ever on an election cycle basis,' he said. 

'I could be wrong, and by the time the second election comes around all this will be forgotten tragically, but I reckon that

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