The local media reported that the minister was charged with domestic assault on Saturday morning after being arrested in Bondi, a suburb of eastern Sydney, reported Xinhua news agency.
It said that police were called to an address in Bondi at about 10 a.m. local time Saturday after receiving reports of a domestic dispute. Officers spoke to a 31-year-old woman with facial injuries, allegedly as a result of an altercation with a 58-year-old man known to her.
The man was arrested, and taken to the police station where he was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
The local media also quoted a statement of Maladina as saying that he was “fully cooperating with the authorities”.
The minister was granted conditional bail and is due to face court on Thursday, it added.