NSW MPs deadlocked over anti-violence plan

Parliament has again rejected the NSW government's tough anti-violence measures targeting drunk and drug-affected offenders.

The coalition wants stern sentencing laws to apply to two reckless grievous bodily harm offences, two reckless wounding offences and two assault police charges if they are committed under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

But the opposition believes the proposed laws are too harsh and could target people involved in minor scuffles.

Labor, with the support of cross-bench MPs, passed amendments in the upper house last week that would apply mandatory minimum sentences to just one "gross violence" offence.

Coalition MPs in the lower house later rejected those changes, with Premier Barry O'Farrell urging the upper house to listen to the victims of violence and support his original measures.

But Labor MP Adam Searle said on Wednesday the opposition wasn't budging and accused the government of "bullying" the upper house.

Police Minister Michael Gallacher said Labor was trying to water down the measures to a point where they are "completely unworkable".

The amended bill now returns to the lower house for debate.