The 33-year-old woman appeared in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court on Tuesday where she pleaded guilty to charges of making threats to kill, possessing a drug of dependence, and contravening a community corrections order.

The court heard the woman and her partner were in a California Gully property on the morning of July 9 when she accused the man of cheating on her with her best friend.

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A verbal argument ensued between the pair and the woman told the man, "I'll kill you mother f*****".

The woman then grabbed a spirit level and chased the man with it, before he grabbed the object off her.

The woman then grabbed a knife from the kitchen and threatened the man again, chasing him with the weapon.

The man fled the property and jumped a fence to get away from the woman.

Police arrested the offender and searched her a short time later. She was found with three syringes containing a clear liquid, believed to be the drug Suboxone.

During her police interview, the woman said she "should have stabbed" the man. The court heard the woman was on bail at the time of the offending.

Defence lawyer Rebecca Healy told the court there was "no doubt" that the serious offending warranted a term of imprisonment.

But Ms Healy said her client was a young Aboriginal woman who was in custody for the first time.

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The defence lawyer said the woman had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and was receiving medication for the condition.

Ms Healy told the court the woman was no longer in a relationship with the victim.

The defence lawyer said while the woman had previously breached court orders, a community corrections order would be an appropriate sentence.

Magistrate Susan Wakeling said the woman's prior criminal history showed there was "every indication" that a corrections order would be a "waste of time".

But Ms Wakeling said she needed to consider alternative sentences to jail, given the offender was a young Aboriginal woman in custody.

The magistrate said she would have the woman assessed for the Court Integrated Services Program.

Ms Wakeling said CISP could be a way for the woman to show she could follow court orders.

The case was adjourned to later this week and the woman was remanded in custody.

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