A plan to allow family violence survivors to be able to enforce intervention orders against abusers all around the country has been given support from the states and territories. 
On Thursday, the states and territories agreed to pass laws to recognise intervention orders granted in each others' jurisdictions when survivors crossed their borders. 
Following his meeting with state and territory attorneys-general, emergency and police ministers in Canberra, Justice Minister Michael Keenan said the plan"will improve protection for victims by allowing domestic violence orders issued in one jurisdiction automatically recognised and enforceable in all other jurisdictions."
He said the Council of Australian Governments would still have to approve the plan later in the year.
Survivors that moved to a new state or territory currently had to re-register their intervention order so that police could act on it there, which was an added burden for those who had fled violent households, he said.
CrimTrac was still developing a system to enable all states and territories to share information on their family violence orders, but would have an "interim system" ready for police in six months' time, Mr Keenan said. 
He also announced plans to crack down on unexplained wealth and acknowledged that police were now only "scratching the surface" of assets hidden by criminal networks.
NSW has become the first state to strike a deal with Canberra to effectively share unexplained wealth laws and prevent criminals exploiting differences between the states.
"The reality is law enforcement is currently only scratching the surface of the organised profit machine.  We cannot allow criminals to exploit our state and territory laws to create safe havens for ill-gotten gains," Mr Keenan said.
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