Victorians will be able to obtain a partner's violent history and sex offenders will be booted off dating apps in a suite of Labor promises ahead of the state election.
It will become a criminal offence for those convicted of domestic violence or sex crimes to use dating apps under Premier Ben Carroll's election pledge announced on Tuesday.
Taking a leaf out of South Australia's book, Labor also vows to deliver a domestic violence disclosure scheme following mounting pressure from industry advocates.
The scheme would allow the public to ask police to share details of previous domestic violence or violence convictions, police reports, charges and arrests, and intervention orders.
Police will be required to share the same details to family and friends concerned about a loved one's partner.
The scheme will also work in reverse, meaning police can proactively provide the information to anyone they deem at risk.
“You deserve to know if your partner has a secret violent past," Mr Carroll said.
Named Clare's Law in the UK after murdered domestic-violence victim Clare Wood, an identical scheme was introduced in South Australia in 2018.
Similar legislation was voted down by Labor in November 2024 when it was introduced as a private member's bill by the coalition.
The Victorian coalition has committed to introducing the same scheme within the first 100 days if elected.
In other Labor promises, so-called smart glasses would be banned from sensitive settings including swimming pools, change rooms, community sporting venues, hospitals, aged care facilities, and family violence and victim services.
Use of the glasses, which contain a video camera capable of filming anything within eyesight, is already banned from Victorian schools, kinders and childcare centres.
“Tech has changed, so must our laws. Creeps shouldn’t be able to secretly film kids at Saturday sport," Mr Carroll said.
The proposed laws would be complemented by a cash injection for the sector, including $16 million for various intervention programs under the state's new Early Intervention and Prevention Fund.
A $15.5 million funding boost to domestic violence support service Orange Door to boost staff and resources would benefit an extra 10,000 victim-survivors, according to Labor.
The promises come as Labor's primary support crashed seven points to 18 per cent according to fresh polling by DemosAU/PremierNational.
The figures showed a continued surge in support for the coalition with its primary vote rising to 33 per cent, while support for One Nation climbed to 21 per cent.
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