But the possibility of bilateral monitoring has drawn a cautious response from women's advocates, who have warned it could be a "distasteful" constant reminder of the threat.

3M Australia has approached federal Minister for Women Michaelia Cash with a system which would have victims carrying a unit about the size of a smartphone in their bag or on their body.

This would receive amber and red alerts - via police - if an aggressor came within several kilometres, and an immediate, direct alert if they came within 300 metres.

The perpetrator would be fitted with a tamper-proof tag on the ankle, and also have to carry a tracking unit.

ACT Victims of Crime Commissioner John Hinchey said domestic violence victims should be consulted about the model but he worried it was a simplified solution to a complex problem.

"If I was a victim of domestic violence I don't think I'd like to be wearing around on my body or in my purse a constant physical reminder that someone might be chasing me," he said. "That's to me distasteful."

The federal government announced last month it would work with states and territories to roll out a $12 million trial of innovative technologies to keep women safe, including GPS trackers for perpetrators.

Domestic Violence Crisis Service client services director Dearne Weaver said a lot of her clients would see the model as a fantastic response to safety fears, although it would be likely to be applied only after final protection or domestic violence orders were made.

"It could involve a lot more people challenging DVOs against them because they don't want that monitor," she said.

There have been 274 people found guilty of breaching domestic violence orders or personal protection orders in the ACT between July 2012 and August this year.

3M Australia public security and corrective services business manger Phil Scott said to his knowledge there was no bilateral monitoring deployed anywhere in Australia, but the company's technology had helped empower women in Spain since 2005, where it was now used by 750 pairs, and was or would soon be operating in Uruguay, Portugal, Turkey and Slovakia.

"The community of Madrid has conducted surveys with their constituents finding over 90 per cent are in favour of using the program to monitor domestic violence perpetrators and almost 70 per cent view the program as a means that contributes to a reduction of gender-based violence," he said.

Electronic monitoring is not currently used in the ACT. Victorian courts can order domestic violence offenders to wear electronic tags.

Attorney-General Simon Corbell said the government was exploring a range of options for electronic monitoring of offenders, and was open to its use in a domestic violence context.

"If electronic monitoring is implemented the technology must operate perfectly and must be co-ordinated with the victim and law enforcement's response to ensure the victims' safety," he said.

It would not, however, be a sole solution, with a number of domestic violence homicides occurring without any prior police involvement, he said.

Mother of three Tara Costigan was allegedly murdered by her former partner hours after he was served with an interim domestic violence order in February.

Ms Costigan's uncle and chief executive of the Tara Costigan Foundation, Michael Costigan, said he welcomed anything that could kept the community safe.

"I would imagine there would be one or two occasions where a perpetrator [fitted with the device] has been wrongly accused and that would be an embarrassment perhaps, but better than someone dead," he said.

"Would something like that have kept Tara safe? I don't know."

Senator Cash said the federal government had received overwhelming interest, including from organisations such as 3M Australia, to participate in the technology trial and was now "working to identify opportunities".

Reviews of electronic monitoring in North America and Sweden had not conclusively found they reduced offending among high-risk offenders, but could benefit those of lower risk.

More than 60 Australian women have been killed by domestic violence this year, including four Canberrans.