Coalition Government to enable criminal bikie gangs to be outlawed
Premier Ted Baillieu and Attorney-General Robert Clark have announced that the Coalition Government will today introduce legislation to enable criminal
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New large trials courtroom for Victoria’s courts
Victoria’s courts will soon have a courtroom large enough for holding massive trials such as the Kilmore East bushfires trial.
Read moreNew workplace guidelines in force for Victorian construction industry
Victoria’s tough new building and construction industry guidelines, which came into operation on Sunday, will drive productivity and improve work
Read moreNew Courts and Tribunal Service a key step in strengthening judicial independence
Victoria now has a new, more independent, Courts and Tribunal Service (CTS) to provide administrative support for Victoria’s courts and
Read moreReforms to tackle criminal court delays and reduce appeals
Attorney-General Robert Clark today introduced legislation into Parliament to further reduce court delays, including simplifying sentencing laws and reducing sentencing
Read moreCourt reforms to curb duelling experts, streamline costs and procedures
The Victorian Coalition Government has today introduced legislation into Parliament to give courts greater scope to curb the excessive use
Read moreCoalition Government gives stronger voice to crime victims
Victims of crime will have a stronger voice in the criminal justice system following reforms announced by Attorney-General Robert Clark
Read moreVictorian Coalition Government introduces journalist shield law
Attorney-General Robert Clark has today introduced legislation into Parliament to protect journalists from being forced to disclose the identity of
Read moreTougher sentences on the way for attacks on police and emergency workers
The Victorian Coalition Government will legislate for longer sentences for people who attack police officers or emergency workers while they
Read moreGovernment welcomes VLRC Guardianship Report
The Victorian Coalition Government has welcomed the Victorian Law Reform Commission’s report on guardianship, which was tabled in Parliament today.
Read moreNew guidelines to boost value for money on Victorian construction projects
The Victorian Coalition Government today released enhanced Implementation Guidelines to the Victorian Code of Practice for the Building and Construction
Read moreThe Quest for Rights
(Edited version of speech introducing the 2011 VEOHRC Human Rights Oration at ZINC, Federation Square, Melbourne) I am sure you
Read moreCoalition Government to introduce double jeopardy reforms
The Victorian Coalition Government will today introduce legislation into the Victorian Parliament to reform the law of double jeopardy. The
Read moreEqual Opportunity amendments protect rights in systemic investigations
(Letter submitted to The Age newpaper, which The Age did not publish.) Dominique Allen (Opinion, 22 June) is factually incorrect
Read moreEqual Opportunity amendments maintain fair and sensible balance
(Letter published by The Age newspaper on 31st May 2011) LETTER-WRITERS have claimed that the government’s amendments to the Equal
Read moreGPS offender monitoring trial under way
A statewide trial of GPS tracking devices is underway to determine the best way to monitor offenders living in the
Read moreEqual opportunity amendments to restore the balance
The Victorian Coalition Government has introduced legislation into Parliament to restore balance and common sense to Victoria’s equal opportunity laws.
Read moreWomen lawn bowlers to be free to bowl again
The Baillieu Government will legislate to make clear that women-only lawn bowls competitions will be permitted again in Victoria. The
Read moreSuspended sentence abolition to start from 1 May
Suspended sentences for serious crimes will be abolished from 1 May, Attorney-General, Robert Clark, announced today. Mr Clark said
Read moreGovernment acts against serious bullying
The Baillieu Government will today introduce legislation into State Parliament to make clear that serious bullying is a crime
Read moreCoalition Government simplifies civil litigation rules
The Victorian Government will amend civil procedure rules to ensure parties to a dispute are not disadvantaged by unnecessary delays
Read moreViolent thugs to face at least four years’ jail for gross violence
Thugs who inflict gross violence on their victims will face at least four years in jail under a Victorian Liberal
Read moreCoalition to strengthen judicial independence
Key features • Court administration independent of government control • Independent Judicial Appointments Advisory Panel • Abolition of Labor’s “acting
Read moreCoalition to slash court delays
Key features: • transfer excess Department of Justice policy advisers and other public servants to work in the Director of
Read moreCoalition’s new laws to protect children from violence
A Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition Government will act to protect vulnerable children with new laws requiring adults who have custody
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