Victoria to outlaw strangulation and consider making animal cruelty a domestic violence offence

Government says research suggests survivors of strangulation are more likely to be seriously injured or murdered by the same partner

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Victoria will make non-fatal strangulation a stand-alone offence and consider including cruelty to animals under the state's family violence laws.

Describing the act as the reddest of red flags", the attorney general, Jaclyn Symes, on Wednesday announced the crimes amendment (non-fatal strangulation) bill would be introduced to parliament.

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