Non-fatal strangulation will become a criminal offence as the Queensland Government moves to strengthen its response to domestic and family violence.

Premier Annastacia Palasczuk said a strangulation offence was a recommendation of the special taskforce on domestic violence, headed by former governor-general Dame Quentin Bryce.

"This new offence is about holding perpetrators to account for their actions," Ms Palaszczuk said.

"We know strangulation is a pivotal moment that reveals an escalation in the seriousness of the violence committed against a person in the context of domestic and family violence.

"It is proposed that choking, strangling or suffocating a person will be an offence in its own right with a maximum penalty of seven years' jail.

"Recognising that strangulation is a serious crime in its own right will serve to strengthen our response to this type of violence within the criminal justice system."

Domestic violence hotline DV Connect CEO Di Mangan welcomed the Government's move.

"For me, I feel it's a weapon of choice, it's a weapon that's very close and personal to women," she said.

"To be looking at her at the point that he's got his hands around her throat, that is the ultimate in domination.

"She knows at any point she could be dead and whether she lives or dies is determined by the man in front of her."

Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath said the State Government would also introduce amendments to make domestic violence an aggravating factor in regard to sentencing.

"This will have the effect of requiring judicial officers to consider the context in which domestic violence offences occur, and in doing so, to consider imposing a higher sentence which is within the usual range but not above the maximum penalty," Mrs D'Ath said.

She said the amendments, to be introduced to Parliament this week, would also reinstate the courts' ability to receive submissions from the prosecution and defence on what they considered to be an appropriate sentence.