Kerry Leeanne Newby, 44, of Princes Highway, Killarney, unsuccessfully applied for bail in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court and was remanded in custody until July 17.

Magistrate Cynthia Toose said Ms Newby was now facing a number of briefs of police evidence, her offending was escalating, and she had engaged in irrational and erratic behaviour.

Ms Toose said no conditions could be put in place to stop Ms Newby offending and in relation to family violence, men and women had to be treated equally.

The magistrate said the accused had failed to comply with court orders or bail conditions and been charged with serious offences.

"There is not one rule for men and one rule for women," Ms Toose said.

The magistrate noted that Ms Newby had prior court appearances for similar offending.

"It's going to end and it's going to end today," she said, saying bail was refused as Ms Newby was an unacceptable risk of continuing to offend and was a danger to members of the public.

Koroit police Senior Constable Luke Hunter said Ms Newby and her partner were trying to repair their relationship despite a full intervention order being in place protecting him.

He said the victim had taken Ms Newby and their son to a skate park on Sunday, but Ms Newby was acting strangely and there were concerns she had been drinking.

About 5pm the victim was driving along Timor Street with Ms Newby a passenger, and it is alleged she started saying random things before lashing out and clawing at his face.

Ms Newby also tried to take his glasses which the victim required to see while driving.

She eventually took the glasses and he had to pull over.

Ms Newby allegedly attacked him again and the victim said it felt like she was trying to claw one of his eyes out.

He eventually drove off and reported the incident to police.

Senior Constable Hunter said before joining Koroit police he was a member of the Warrnambool police family violence unit and knew Ms Newby to be a recidivist offender.

He said she was already on bail charged with a number of offences including assault, driving while suspended, refusing an alcohol breath test, and failing to pull over when requested.

Solicitor Amanda Chambers said her client's instructions were that she was guilty of offending but that she was "crook".