Attorney-General Robert Clark today announced the Victorian Coalition Government will tomorrow introduce legislation to resolve legal points that have arisen
Read moreThe Victorian Coalition Government is examining ways to reduce the impact of crime on the community by diverting young offenders
Read moreThe Victorian Coalition Government today welcomed the Sentencing Advisory Council’s report on the introduction of baseline sentencing for serious crimes.
Read moreThe Victorian Coalition Government will legislate for longer sentences for people who attack police officers or emergency workers while they
Read moreAttorney-General Robert Clark today announced the appointment of Ms Kornelia Zimmer and Sergeant Peter Dikschei to the board of the
Read moreThe Victorian Coalition Government today published the results of its MyViews Sentencing Survey, in which more than 18,500 Victorians took
Read moreThe Victorian Coalition Government today welcomed the Sentencing Advisory Council’s (SAC) report on the introduction of statutory minimum sentences for
Read moreAll Victorians now have the opportunity to have their say on sentencing through taking part in a survey that will
Read moreGreg Barns (Opinion 7/6) is plain wrong in many of his claims about the government’s proposed statutory minimum sentences for
Read moreAttorney-General Robert Clark will seek the views of the community on the adequacy of sentencing in Victoria, in what could
Read moreSuspended sentences for serious crimes will be abolished from 1 May, Attorney-General, Robert Clark, announced today. Mr Clark said
Read more(Edited version of speech opening Human Rights Week panel discussion at Telstra Theatre, Exhibition Street, Melbourne) I’m pleased to say
Read moreThugs who inflict gross violence on their victims will face at least four years in jail under a Victorian Liberal
Read moreA Victorian Coalition Government will reform sentencing laws to set standard minimum sentences for serious crimes, Coalition Leader Ted Baillieu
Read moreA Liberal Nationals Coalition Government will initiate the most significant reform of community-based sentences that Victoria has seen in 20
Read moreVictoria’s judges and the Director of Public Prosecutions have launched outspoken attacks on the Brumby Government’s justice system failures, which
Read moreJohn Brumby and his Attorney-General are so out of touch with Victorians struggling to get justice in overcrowded courts that
Read moreLabor’s weak revolving door for criminals will continue for the vast majority of cases despite a humiliating backdown by John
Read morePremier John Brumby’s claim that repeat disqualified driving offenders are just ‘mum and dad motorists’ who should be allowed to
Read moreA Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition Government will restore justice to sentencing and help ensure appropriate penalties by abolishing suspended sentences,
Read moreThe change to child sex laws announced by the government today is likely to result in an average increase of
Read moreThe Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition will ban violent drunks from entering licensed premises for two years once they are found
Read moreA record number of criminals are being let out of prison after serving as little as two-thirds of the minimum
Read moreIn response to the Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition’s policy released today to ban violent drunks from licensed premises for two
Read moreThe maximum sentence of only 13 years imprisonment for the murder of Dr Zhongjun Cao is grossly inadequate punishment for
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