Queensland to roll out GPS trackers for DV perpetrators despite failed trial

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Queensland will roll-out GPS trackers on high-risk domestic violence offenders later this year, going against report recommendations from a trial showing trackers don’t work.

The Queensland government ran a trial of GPS trackers for high-risk perpetrators of domestic and family violence in 2019. The trial was recommended by the ‘Not Now Not Ever’ report.

A report into the trial concluded it was a failure.

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