In the past twelve months I have come across a number of people who have become victims of a system that was set up with the best of intentions but which has in some cases gone horribly wrong. Imagine a woman who seeks and gets an AVO (perhaps for good reason) but then travels from Sydney to the Central Coast to harrass her husband into breaking it. She sits in the back of his truck, takes his tools out of the truck and steals his work mobile phone. He cannot touch her or restrain her. He can do nothing but stand and watch because she has an AVO against him. If he touches her he is looking at prison. What is the alternative? This story is one of many that are similar. The AVO used as a weapon. Women absolutely need the protection of the legal system but I wonder if it needs a bit a re-vamp to get it working properly again?
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