SA government unveils five-year plan for domestic violence reforms

The South Australian government has committed to a five-year plan to implement recommendations from the Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence. The government has already completed responses to 12 of the 136 recommendations and is working on 25 more. It accepted 129 recommendations in full, in principle, or in part.

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The implementation plan is an early blueprint of how we will respond to the 63 recommendations accepted in full, 19 in part and six noted.

As part of the reforms, new legislation will be introduced to regulate alcohol home delivery. Same-day alcohol delivery will be restricted to between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., with a minimum two-hour safety pause between sale and delivery. Premier Peter Malinauskas stated that while online alcohol purchases and home delivery will still be possible, the delay and time restrictions are reasonable measures to address the challenges the community faces.

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To be clear, people will still be able to purchase alcohol online and have it delivered to their home, but there has to be a two-hour delay between the purchase being initiated and the order being completed.

The five-year implementation plan is titled "Building Safer Futures." It outlines how the government will respond to 63 recommendations accepted in full, 19 in part, and six noted. Former senator Natasha Stott Despoja chaired the royal commission.

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And then, we are curtailing the times that that can occur to 10am to 10pm in the evening, which just makes sense.