Red tape in crime gang laws to let criminals get away with it?
Yesterday in Parliament I raised fears that Labor’s new “consorting laws” – to try to stop crime gang members from
Read moreYesterday in Parliament I raised fears that Labor’s new “consorting laws” – to try to stop crime gang members from
Read moreThe Labor government has today pushed through Parliament legislation to repeal the move-on laws that allow police to take action
Read moreToday I spoke in Parliament opposing Labor’s legislation to repeal Victoria’s move-on laws and give open season to militant unions and extremist protesters. This is what I said.
Read moreToday’s Herald-Sun editorial has rightly condemned Daniel Andrews’ move to repeal move-on laws that allow police to take action to
Read moreVictoria’s new Attorney-General, Martin Pakula, has no excuses if he does not introduce a range of significant legislation when Parliament
Read moreThe Victorian Coalition Government came to office in 2010 determined to repair the damage caused by 11 years of the
Read moreFamily violence perpetrators who seriously injure their victim while breaching a family violence order will face a minimum of four years in jail under strong new laws to be introduced by a re-elected Napthine Government.
Read moreA re-elected Napthine Coalition Government will strengthen the ability of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to appeal against inadequate sentences.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreNew 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.
Read moreTough 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreA re-elected Napthine Coalition Government will legislate to give Victoria Police improved powers to tackle serious crime, Attorney-General Robert Clark said today.
Read moreThe Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) is to undertake a detailed inquiry into the role of victims of crime in
Read moreFurther important reforms to better protect children following the landmark Betrayal of Trust report have now commenced.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreThe Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has today failed in its attempt to overturn a Supreme Court finding
Read moreLegislation to strengthen sexual offence laws and ensure sex offenders are held to account was passed by the Victorian Parliament last night.
Read moreLegislation 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
Read moreLegislation to establish an unexplained wealth confiscation scheme in Victoria was last night passed by the Parliament.
Read moreAttorney-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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