Queensland residents draws to the attention of the House the escalating threat to victim-survivors and their children in their own homes at the hands of domestic violence perpetrators.

Nine years into Queensland's DFV reform agenda under the Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Strategy 2016-2026, the dial has not moved - the incidence and seriousness of DFV is rising alarmingly and perpetrator behaviours and attitudes are not changing quickly enough.

Queensland Police and DFV service providers are overwhelmed by demand and this is only expected to worsen based on the trajectory of occurrences in Queensland.

Queensland Police are attending 526 DV occurrences across the State every day.

In 2023-24, the Queensland Police Service responded to more than 192,000 DFV occurrences up from 171,000 the previous year. So far in 2024-25, DFV occurrences are up by 8%, meaning the number of DFV occurrences will likely exceed 210,000 this financial year. What is even more concerning is breaches of a DFV Order are currently up by 12% and are on track to exceed 70,000 demonstrating that perpetrators are not deterred by existing sanctions. Those numbers drive home our urgent call for action.

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to immediately legislate a standalone offence of 'commit domestic and family violence' to make DFV a crime every time. In a modern society it's both unthinkable and intolerable that DV perpetrators get 'a free hit' if a domestic violence order or police protection notice is not already in place.