A re-elected Coalition Government will legislate to require offenders convicted of repeat killings or serious sex offences to be given an indefinite jail sentence, Premier Denis Napthine announced today.
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A re-elected Napthine Coalition Government will contribute $2 million over four years to establish a new Rural and Farming Legal Centre, Attorney-General Robert Clark announced today.
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A re-elected Napthine Coalition Government will introduce a range of tough measures to tackle ice, giving police and corrections authorities new powers to detect offenders using ice and making it harder for drug dealers to profit from their crimes.
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Civil appeals to Victoria’s Court of Appeal will be able to be finalised more quickly and efficiently under new laws that have commenced today.
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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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A re-elected Coalition Government will introduce legislation into Parliament to reform the law relating to personal injuries.
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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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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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Attorney-General Robert Clark today announced the appointment of former Police Association Secretary, Mr Greg Davies APM, as Victoria’s first Commissioner
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Tough new laws hitting large scale drug traffickers are now in force, with authorities no longer needing to prove that their assets are the proceeds of crime in order to confiscate them.
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The Victorian Coalition Government has today released a new Victorian Code of Practice for the Building and Construction Industry.
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New legislation that commences on 22 September will help make the law on fences clearer, simpler and fairer and help avoid one of the most common causes of disputes between neighbours.
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