His partner was present but not physically injured in the incident.
There are calls for urgently reform Australia s domestic violence laws following the shocking case of Hannah Clarke and her three young children who were burned to death by her estranged husband Rowan Baxter.
Earlier this month, the burned body of Kelly Wilkinson, 27, was discovered in the backyard of her home in Arundel on the Gold Coast.
Hannah Clarke (pictured, right, with her grandmother, left) and children Trey, Laianah and Aaliyah were doused in petrol and set alight by her estranged husband in February 2020
Her estranged husband and former US marine Brian Johnston, 35, was found two blocks away in a semi-conscious state with burn injuries of his own and was later charged with her murder.