Using a mobile phone or computer to harm intimate partners would be made illegal under new domestic violence offences proposed by Peter Dutton in an election pledge.
On Thursday, the Opposition leader will announce the Coalition will commit an extra $90 million to address domestic violence if it wins the 3 May election.
It would build on the national plan to end violence against women and children within the decade by implementing measures focused on prevention, early intervention and crisis response.
The proposed offences would criminalise the tracking of victims or coercing them through the use of the devices, and would attract tough bail laws.
Mobile phones would be recycled so victim-survivors cannot be tracked or further harassed.
A national register allowing police across the country and other authorities to access and share information about a person's previous family violence convictions to better manage risk would be set up.
The plan includes specialist early behavioural intervention programs and stronger monitoring.
It would also seek to fast-track property settlements in the family law courts, allowing separating couples without children, and with an asset pool of up to $1.5 million, to resolve matters quickly.
Women and children fleeing family violence would be supported through emergency payments of up to $5,000 through the established Leaving Violence program, introduced by the Labor government.
With less than two weeks to go until polling day, Dutton unveiled the measures he foreshadowed earlier this week.
He said the Coalition wanted to keep their plan to address domestic violence separate from a $750 million package aimed at cracking down on crime nationwide.
Dutton drew upon his experience as a former police officer, saying he understood the lifelong impacts of these "horrific crimes".
"A government I lead will be focused on delivering real change so that families, women and children are safer and we end family and domestic violence," he said.
Sussan Ley said Australia would be a "safer, happier and healthier place" with the right domestic violence interventions. Source: AAP / Mick Tsikas
"If we get this right, our society will be a safer, happier and healthier place," she said.
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