Australian of the Year Rosie Batty has rejected the idea of a register of domestic violence offenders, saying the focus should be on intervention.
The proposal was made by Victoria Police in its submission to the nation’s first royal commission into family violence which begins public hearings later this month.
The risk register would allow people to check if their partner had a violent history.
The model, based on a UK law, recognises a partner’s right to know and right to ask about someone’s abusive past.
The submission said such an initiative could break the “all-too-common pattern” of perpetrators harming partners and children.
But Ms Batty, who lost her son Luke to domestic violence in 2014, said she did not support the idea.
“I don’t see a lot of benefit from it and I know a lot of other colleagues I’ve spoken to feel the same way,” she said.