The register would allow people to access their partner's offending history and is based on Britain's Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme. 

It would be an offence for those who access the service to pass on the information to others.

Such an initiative could "break the all too common pattern of perpetrators harming successive partners and avoid exposing unwitting adults and children to known perpetrators of family violence".

Establishing the register could be done within five years, according to the submission.

Bendigo police Sergeant Marg Singe said such a register could help reduce the danger of offenders abusing partner after partner.

"People who are going into a relationship don't the the full history of their partner and we see ongoing violence perpetuated against their next partner," she said.

"If people have the facility to check that, it may not stop them from entering that relationship but at least they go into it knowing the facts."

Centre for Non-Violence chief executive officer Margaret Augerinos said she had reservations about how the scheme would work.

"At the moment there are significant risks for women accessing information through technology," she said.

She said while a register could be useful in some instances, the primary focus needed to be on preventing violence and supporting victims.

Other suggestions in the submission include the introduction of online case tracking for victims. 

Also mooted is giving police the power to issue intervention orders during initial responses, which Victoria Police said would provide "instant and lasting protection to the victim" and reduce "high risk, unnecessary contacts prior to, and at, court". 

An overhaul of the court system is another measure suggested, with the recommendation of specialist family violence courts to operate within each Magistrates’ Court. 

The specialist courts would feature specially trained magistrates, Victoria Police civil advocates dedicated to prosecuting family violence matters, safe waiting spaces and remote witness facilities and access to duty lawyers. 

Sergeant Singe said the specialist courts would benefit victims of family violence. 

"Specialist courts have been shown in other parts of the state to get better penalties and give better support for victims," she said.

Sergeant Singe said magistrates at specialist family violence courts were able to get a better understanding of victims' plights.

"They're more likely to impose conditions on orders we may not get otherwise because they're able to develop expertise," she said.