DV Bail Condition Checker

If you have been charged with a domestic violence offence in Queensland, this tool checks two things. First, whether your charge triggers a show cause obligation under section 16(3)(g) of the Bail Act 1980 (Qld). Second, it breaks down each of your bail conditions — what each one requires, common mistakes that lead to breach, the consequences, and whether the condition can be varied.

Show Cause Checker

Select your DV charge to find out whether show cause applies. Show cause reverses the normal bail presumption — you must demonstrate why your continued detention is not justified. Charges that trigger show cause include choking (s 315A), AOBH (s 339), GBH (s 320), coercive control (s 334C), stalking (s 359E), threats (s 75), and contravention of a DVO (s 177(2)) in certain circumstances.

Bail Condition Cards

Common DV bail conditions include no contact with the aggrieved, no contact with children, exclusion from home (ouster), curfew, reporting to police, residential condition, surrender of passport, and no alcohol or drugs.

Based on the Bail Act 1980 (Qld), ss 11, 16, 19, 29. Not legal advice.

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