New offences for maliciously distributing or threatening to distribute intimate images of another person come into force today, along with new laws to ensure that young people who engage in non-exploitative ‘sexting’ don’t end up with criminal records or on the sex offenders register.
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New laws to better protect and empower victims of family violence and hold perpetrators to account have come into force today.
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Tough new laws to increase sentences for murderers, coward punch killers and those who attack emergency workers are amongst a range of new laws that come into force this weekend.
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New laws to limit unjustified and costly claims brought by vexatious litigants have come into force today.
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The Victorian Law Reform Commission has been asked to examine and report on how the law can better prevent organised crime and criminal organisations from infiltrating occupations and industries.
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Attorney-General Robert Clark said new laws to close a gap in Victoria’s surrogacy laws would help a number of families from today.
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The Attorney-General Robert Clark today joined Chief Magistrate Peter Lauritsen to mark the completion of building works at the redeveloped Bendigo court precinct.
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A re-elected Coalition Government will introduce legislation into Parliament to reform the law relating to personal injuries.
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The Napthine Government has acted to restore the rights of people suffering asbestos-related conditions as a result of another’s fault.
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A re-elected Napthine Government will legislate to allow details of serious youth crime to be made public where an offender commits a further serious crime as an adult.
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A re-elected Napthine Coalition Government will legislate to give Victoria Police improved powers to tackle serious crime, Attorney-General Robert Clark said today.
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The Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) is to undertake a detailed inquiry into the role of victims of crime in
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Further important reforms to better protect children following the landmark Betrayal of Trust report have now commenced.
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A re-elected Napthine Coalition Government will remove all limitation periods for civil claims by victims of criminal child abuse.
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A re-elected Napthine Coalition Government will legislate to crack down on rogue debt collectors, following the failure of Labor’s 2010 changes that removed any effective oversight of the industry, Attorney-General Robert Clark announced today.
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A re-elected Napthine Government will establish a statewide youth diversion program through the Children’s Court of Victoria that will help young people turn away from crime and get their life back on track.
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The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has today failed in its attempt to overturn a Supreme Court finding
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Attorney-General Robert Clark today announced the appointment of Timothy Bourke to the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria. Mr Clark said Mr
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Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark and NSW Attorney General Brad Hazzard today jointly announced the appointment of the inaugural members of
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Legislation to clarify Victoria’s succession and surrogacy laws has been passed by the Victorian Parliament this afternoon.
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Legislation to strengthen sexual offence laws and ensure sex offenders are held to account was passed by the Victorian Parliament last night.
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Legislation to further protect and empower family violence victims and hold perpetrators to account was passed by the Parliament last night.
Read morePeople with historical convictions for consensual homosexual acts will be able to have those convictions expunged from their criminal record
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Legislation to establish an unexplained wealth confiscation scheme in Victoria was last night passed by the Parliament.
Read moreAttorney-General Robert Clark has welcomed a report from the Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) tabled in Parliament today examining the
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