Queensland's Liberal National Party had vowed during its 2024 election campaign to introduce 500 24/7 tracking devices for high-risk perpetrators who consistently breach domestic violence orders.
GPS trackers are already used on domestic violence offenders in Tasmania and Western Australia.
The LNP government's Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence minister gave an update on the rollout on Sunday, revealing 150 of the 500 devices would be introduced by the end of the year.
Minister Amanda Camm said the GPS trackers were about accountability for repeat offenders. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)
"This is not just about accountability once you've enacted violence," Amanda Camm told reporters.
"This is also about those high-risk perpetrators that continuously breach domestic violence orders. There will be accountability for your actions."
GPS trackers allow police to monitor offenders for breaches of movement, such as going to a victim's home, and quickly respond.
The minister's announcement came a day after a woman was allegedly set on fire in a suspected domestic violence incident in Brisbane's south.
The 34-year-old woman remains stable in hospital after she was found with burns to her body on Saturday morning at a home in Kingston, near Logan.
A 36-year-old man is in custody charged with attempted murder, common assault and breach of domestic violence. He is due to face Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Monday.
Police allege the pair were involved in an altercation before the man pulled out a lighter and set the woman on fire.
Premier David Crisafulli says Queenslanders' thoughts are with the woman recovering in hospital. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)
Premier David Crisafulli said the incident has shaken the Queensland community.
"I want Queenslanders to know how much sorrow the state has experienced and how much the state is thinking of the young woman involved, to everyone, to her family, to the neighbours, to the first responders, to every Queenslander," he told reporters on Sunday.
"These are the kind of incidents that rock communities."
Ms Camm said the woman's life will be forever changed and such incidents are why the state was introducing strict domestic violence crackdown measures like GPS tracking devices.
"We want to see this as a protective measure, as a deterrent, but also as a tool for police to ensure that they can then meet community expectations by getting to those high-risk call-outs that they're receiving," she said.Â
"The demand on our Queensland Police Service is reaching an unsustainable state, and that's having an impact on the community and public safety, and what we've seen play out, certainly across the Logan community, is something that we do not want to accept as Queenslanders."
The trackers are expected to be rolled out after the state budget in July but Ms Camm flagged there may need to be changes to legislation before courts can use the devices.
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