Justice | 27 February 2026
Institutions including the Catholic Church in Victoria can now be sued for the actions of employees or similar, such as priests and other clergy.
Justice | 23 February 2026
Reforms passed by the Victorian Parliament have broadened the legal definition of family violence to now capture behaviours such as stalking and systems abuse.
Justice | 12 December 2025
Parliament has passed legislation aimed at curbing violence and abuse against customer-facing workers in retail, hospitality, fast food, and passenger transport sectors.
Justice | 9 December 2025
The Parliament has passed a motion apologising to First Peoples and acknowledging past injustice in a sitting of the Legislative Assembly to which Legislative Council members were invited.
Justice | 10 October 2023
Legislation to prohibit the display and performance of Nazi gestures will go to the upper house for consideration after the Legislative Assembly voted to pass the bill.
Justice | 4 October 2023
When James Gargasoulas killed six people and injured many others in the January 2017 Bourke Street car attack he was out on bail.
Justice | 6 October 2022
Sixteen recommendations have been made by Parliament's Integrity and Oversight Committee.
Justice | 26 September 2022
Dvir Abramovich shed tears as Victoria became the first jurisdiction in Australia to ban public displays of the Nazi swastika, but it wasn't the only landmark reform recommended by the Legislative Assembly Legal and Social Issues Committee during the 59th parliament.
Justice | 12 August 2022
A Parliamentary Library research paper explores what 'coercive control' is, its prevalence, and the arguments for and against criminalisation.
Justice | 4 August 2022
New report recommends Victoria create an agency to respond to children and families of people affected by parental incarceration.
Justice | 4 July 2022
Children who’ve committed no crime are still forced to serve a sentence. That’s the message from New Zealand charity group Pillars, who work to support families of incarcerated people in New Zealand.
Justice | 22 June 2022
Victoria has become the first jurisdiction in Australia to pass legislation banning the public display of the Nazi swastika (Hakenkreuz).
Justice | 24 March 2022
The Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee made 100 recommendations, 73 findings, received 170 public submissions and heard from more than 90 witnesses at eight days of public hearings, including Wangaratta.
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