Victoria Police have rejected State Coroner John Cain’s recommendation to notify domestic violence victims 48 hours before their abusers are released from jail due to a lack of “resourcing”.
In a letter to the Coroner’s Court, obtained by The Herald Sun, Victoria Police said it could not provide the potentially lifesaving calls due to “resourcing and capacity” shortages that have plagued the system.
The State Coroner made the recommendation after 49-year-old mother Noeline Dalzell was stabbed to death by her abusive ex-partner in 2020 in front of their three children in her Seaford home.
