Premier Dominic Perrottet will announce the scheme officially today.
The scheme is the first trial of its kind in Australia since 2016, when the NSW Government trialled a similar program to disclose past convictions.
“There are simply too many heartbreaking stories of women and men being seriously hurt or murdered in circumstances where the perpetrators had a history of prior domestic and violent criminal offences that they didn’t know about,” Mr Perrottet told the Daily Telegraph.
Strict provisions will be in place including ID checks and a statutory declaration confirming the person applying for information is in a relationship with the person they are asking about.
Malicious applications will be penalised – which means legislation will need to be passed after the state election in March.
The scheme will be reviewed in 12 months.
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