Why has the state government ignored key recommendation from own DV taskforce?

She says "We have to make sure these things work. These things just don't happen overnight". Well she's had two years to get it sorted since her own taskforce reported, so why has nothing been done?

Domestic violence has become so widespread and ingrained in the community, it needs a co-ordinated Government and Community approach to defeat it.

The recent murder of Gold Coast mother Teresa Bradford by her estranged husband has thrown a renewed focus on domestic violence, and renewed interest in a study of the "Not Now, Not Ever" report, which highlights a wide range of key actions being recommended by the taskforce in 2015.

While many of the report's recommendations have been implemented, some, such as GPS tracking bracelets for offenders, are still in limbo.

The Gold Coast specialist domestic violence court has been trialled as a result of the taskforce findings, but it seems some other recommendations had been shelved or ignored.

The taskforce's DV report made 140 recommendations based on the insights gathered from five months of consultation with communities and individuals.

The premier is saying she won't consider any changes to things like bail laws until the Police investigation into Teresa Bradford's murder is completed. That just seems to me to be an unnecessary delay. While the results of that investigation may well be informative about what might have been differently in that particular case – there is, unfortunately, no shortage of previous cases in recent times we can also learn from.

We need to identify the triggers and how to stop acts of violence before they occur.

It would be great if we could educate children in school so we have generations of children for whom violence is not a solution to conflict. Until we have a society in which all members are educated to that degree of emotional intelligence, and address the mental health issue such as with Teresa Bradford's estranged husband, then we do have to find ways to better recognise risk factors and act to properly protect those at risk.

Domestic violence has become a global epidemic. Individual groups and government departments alone cannot stop it. It's time the whole community worked together for a co-ordinated action plan to stop this scourge right now.