Ian Fry, 27, made an application for bail at the Ballarat Magistrates' Court after being arrested on Sunday.

He is charged with making a threat to kill his partner and threatening to cause serious injury.

Police prosecutor Senior Constable Sam Young said police opposed bail because they were concerned he would commit further offences against his partner.

The court heard police were called to reports of a male and female arguing at a Winter Valley home and an unknown caller said the female had been hit on the head.

Senior Constable Young said Fry was shirtless when police arrived and he was screaming for police to arrest him and was arrested at taser point.

Fry said 'I am going to kill you when I get out' to his partner in front of police.

The court heard he said he would shoot her and told police 'you are going to investigate a murder, boys'.

He said 'I don't care if I go to jail for a year, when I get out I am going after her'.

Senior Constable Young said Fry blew 0.01 in a breath test.

"Police believe the accused would be an immediate danger to the victim if released," he said.

Magistrate Noreen Toohey looked at nine pages of Fry's prior convictions and said he had a 'very poor' compliance with corrections orders in the past.

A defence lawyer conceded Fry's prior convictions were significant and 'very serious'.

He submitted Fry could be bailed to his father's home in Geelong with a condition for him not to consume alcohol.

Giving evidence to the court, Fry's father said he did not like his son when he drank, but at all other times he was 'normal'.

The court heard Fry and his partner have two children together and they also lived with his partner's two children from a previous marriage.

The defence lawyer said Fry had significant issues with alcohol abuse and had experienced difficulties since the death of his mother five years ago and older brother recently.

"This is an opportunity to reverse his trajectory and can be done on bail with the appropriate conditions," he said.

"Living in Geelong would be a fair distance from where the offending took place."

Magistrate Noreen Toohey said she was never persuaded by the distance away from complainants as it did not reduce the risk.

She adjourned the case for Fry to undergo a mental health assessment and an assessment of suitability for the Court Integrated Services Program.

Ms Toohey said the difficulty she had in imposing further support services as Fry had been on a community corrections order and had completed drug and alcohol treatment.

"It suggests to me it is not making any difference at all," she said.

The case was adjourned to January 21.

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