Justice | 7 March 2025
Proposed legislation to strengthen and reform anti-vilification laws in Victoria has reached the Legislative Council for rigorous debate.
Justice | 6 December 2024
Victoria’s Parliament is considering reforms to criminal procedure laws to replace the current committal test with an improved case management process.
Justice | 22 November 2024
The Legislative Assembly has considered legislation to create a new licensing scheme for tobacco retailers.
Justice | 18 October 2024
When clients present at one of Victoria’s 50 Community Legal Centres they often do so with a range of problems that go beyond a simple legal issue.
Justice | 3 October 2024
The Legislative Assembly has debated a law aimed at cracking down on organised crime and bikie gangs in Victoria.
Justice | 22 August 2024
The Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM) governance is set to be updated under a bill before Parliament.
Justice | 8 August 2024
The Youth Justice Bill 2024 will go to the Legislative Council for debate, after passing the lower house without amendment last sitting week.
Justice | 26 June 2024
A bill debated in the Legislative Assembly last week will create an integrity commission to investigate MPs for inappropriate workplace behaviour.
Justice | 27 March 2024
The Legislative Council has debated and agreed to a bill designed to restrict the use of machetes as weapons.
Justice | 19 February 2024
Proposed laws which punish builders for not taking out domestic building insurance have reached the upper house.
Justice | 13 December 2023
The Legislative Council debated measures that would allow adults to legally possess small quantities of marijuana for personal use during the final sitting week of the year.
Justice | 22 November 2023
Now a bill to create two new stand-alone non-fatal strangulation offences will go the the Legislative Council for consideration after being passed by the Legislative Assembly.
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