AVO taken out against Craig Thomson for wife Zoe Arnold

Police have taken out an AVO against ex-federal MP and union boss Craig Thomson to protect his journalist wife, a court heard.

Craig Thomson and Zoe Arnold.

Police have successfully applied for an AVO against disgraced former federal MP Craig Thomson to protect his wife Zoe Arnold, a court heard.

The two-year apprehended violence order was issued in Gosford Local Court on Monday and it is understood it was not contested by the former national secretary of the Health Services Union who was not present in court. No charges have been laid.

The pair on their wedding day. Picture: Kat Soutar

Journalist Ms Arnold is the third wife of Thomson, 57. They married in January 2011 while he was the Labor member for the seat of Dobell on the Central Coast and have two children.

“An Apprehended Domestic Violence Order was made for the protection of Zoe Thomson prohibiting or restricting the behaviour of the defendant Craig Robert Thomson,” the court record states.

Under the order, Thomson is banned from assaulting of threatening her or anyone she has a “domestic relationship with, cannot stalk or intimidate them or intentionally or recklessly destroy or damage any property or harm an animal that belongs to her or is in her possession.

He is not allowed to go into anywhere she lives, works or other places listed in the order.