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Explainers
Victoria’s bail laws: what changed and why
Victoria's bail tests, the 2017 reforms, the 2023 wind-back, the unacceptable risk threshold, and why this debate keeps coming back.
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Explainers
The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) explained
What IBAC investigates, the threshold for public examinations, its relationship with the Victorian Inspectorate, and how to make a complaint.
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Policing in Victoria
Specialist police squads in Victoria: Homicide, Arson, Sex Crimes and more
A guide to the specialist squads inside Victoria Police Crime Command, what they investigate and how they fit together.
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Policing in Victoria
Victoria’s Protective Services Officers explained
What PSOs do, how they are trained, where they operate, and the policy debate around their effectiveness and remit.
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Regional Victoria
Crime in Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat: the data behind the headlines
CSA data on Victoria's three biggest regional centres, alcohol-related assault patterns, family-violence trends, and what the headlines often miss.
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Regional Victoria
Policing the regions: how Victoria’s regional commands operate
Victoria Police's regional structure, single-officer stations, response-time challenges, and how country policing differs from metropolitan work.
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Regional Victoria
Country roads, country toll: regional Victoria’s road safety crisis
Why regional Victoria's per-capita road toll is far higher than metropolitan Melbourne, the worst stretches of country highway, and what…
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Community Safety
Scams targeting older Victorians and how to spot them
The most common scams hitting Victorians over 65, why they are targeted, and a practical script for talking to an…
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Public Safety
Sexual offences in Victoria: reporting, support and the affirmative-consent reforms
The 2022 affirmative-consent reforms, SOCITs, support services, VOCAT, and the bystander shift in how Victoria responds to sexual offending.
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Public Safety
Bushfire and emergency response in Victoria: the agencies and how they coordinate
CFA, FRV, Forest Fire Management Vic, Emergency Management Victoria, fire danger ratings and the post-Black Saturday reforms.
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