Victorian Government
Post and boast laws ‘will not make the community safer’, LIV argues
Following the Victorian government’s announcement that individuals who boast about their criminal offences will face...
24 June 2025
By Grace Robbie
‘Post and boast’ criminalised in Victoria
Criminals who boast about their offences on social media will now face charges instead of likes, under new legislation...
18 June 2025
By Grace Robbie
‘Sam Kerr clause’ passes Victorian Parliament
The Victorian government has enhanced its anti-vilification and social cohesion laws by passing legislation that...
04 April 2025
By Grace Robbie
‘A betrayal of Victoria’s children’: Legal organisations condemn amendments to Youth Justice Bill
Legal organisations have expressed their disappointment with the Victorian government’s decision to retract its...
16 August 2024
By Grace Robbie
Victoria must raise age of criminal responsibility higher than 12 years
The Victorian government has proposed legislation to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12 by the end of the...
24 June 2024
By Grace Robbie
‘Heartbreaking’ $5m public housing settlement comes without apology from Victorian government
The Victorian Supreme Court has been told that the “hard” public housing lockdowns of 2020 in Melbourne were...
25 July 2023
By Lauren Croft
$5m settlement proposed in public housing towers class action
The Victorian government has offered to settle the public housing towers class action for the sum of $5 million after...
10 May 2023
By Lauren Croft
Victorian government launches panel to advance gender equality
A new legal services panel in Victoria will mean female barristers will have greater opportunities, in a move the...
30 January 2023
By Lauren Croft
Victoria Police hit with capsicum spray class action
A class action has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Victorian state government and Victoria Police over the...
02 September 2022
By Lauren Croft
Victorian government agrees to local mRNA vaccine manufacturing for 2024
The state government of Victoria will be the first in the southern hemisphere to produce mRNA vaccines at a new Moderna...
19 August 2022
By Jessica Penny
$30m invested into Australian tech start-ups
Lighter Capital has secured a $30 million fund from the Victorian government to invest in Australian tech start-ups in...
03 February 2022
By Lauren Croft
Victorian government urged to take action on forced adoptions
The Victorian government has been urged to adopt all recommendations made in a parliamentary inquiry into historical...
24 November 2021
By Lauren Croft