Activity details
Mandatory electronic monitoring laws are now in effect, enabling tracking of offenders across the justice system, including under bail, sentence, parole and post-sentence supervision.
Introducing significant reforms to the Firearms Act to impose a limit on the number of firearms an individual can own and deliver a phased voluntary firearm buyback scheme.
These activities are part of a broader activity to improve responses to better support victim-survivors and hold people who choose to use violence to account through a coordinated approach involving police, justice and family and domestic violence Coordinated Response Services.
Implementation progress update
Critical law reform
WA's mandatory electronic monitoring laws came into effect in December 2024. The legislation makes it mandatory for the courts and Prisoners Review Board to impose electronic monitoring on repeat and high-risk family violence perpetrators who are on bail or supervised in the community.
In March 2025, the WA Government’s reformed Firearms Act came into effect, making Western Australia the first jurisdiction in Australia to impose a limit on the number of firearms an individual can own. The legislation introduces a raft of new requirements to enhance monitoring and regulation of gun use. The reforms include a phased voluntary firearm buyback scheme, active until January 2026. For more information see Additional support for licensed firearm owners under new gun laws.
More information
- Learn about the National Plan to End Violence against women and children 2022-2032.
- Read the First Action Plan 2023-2027.
- Browse the First Action Plan 2023-2027 Activities Addendum update.