Overview
- The Minns government will introduce the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Domestic Violence Reform) Bill 2025 to Parliament on Tuesday.
- The bill expands who can verify domestic violence to include services supporting people with disability, Aboriginal communities and non‑English speakers.
- Victim‑survivors could change locks without landlord approval where a court order or bail or parole conditions bar the perpetrator from the property.
- Renters leaving due to violence could exit a shared lease without notifying an abuser or informing co‑tenants.
- The package restricts advertising images that reveal belongings, proposes a ban on listing victims on tenancy databases with a Fair Trading removal pathway, and gives NCAT power to attribute damage to abuse and split bonds.