The time has come to make family violence a criminal offence in order to stem the high rate of domestic-related injuries and death, the Queensland's police union says.

In an open letter to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk published in March's Queensland Police Union journal, President Ian Leavers said the Not Now Not Ever report - which was handed down last month and discussed ways domestic violence could be better dealt with in Queensland - did not go far enough.

Legislation must be changed to make domestic violence a criminal offence, according to the Queensland Police Union. Credit:Gabriele Charotte

The report was commissioned by former premier Campbell Newman, who asked former Australian Governor-General Dame Quentin Bryce to head a special investigative taskforce.

Among the key recommendations the Palaszczuk Government is now considering were a specialised domestic violence court and a new criminal offence of non-lethal strangulation.