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Courts
Victoria’s Drug Courts Explained: A Second Chance or Soft Touch?
Victoria's Drug Courts offer eligible offenders treatment over prison — but who qualifies, how does the program work, and what…
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Big Build watchdog has zero live court cases on site violence
WorkSafe Victoria has confirmed it is not currently pursuing any prosecutions over violence or safety failures on the state's major…
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Magistrate counselled after swingers ‘playing with fire’ remarks
Victoria's judicial watchdog has recommended a magistrate be counselled after she made stereotyping remarks about people who attend swingers' events…
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Victoria’s 2023 Bail Reforms: Who They Were Designed to Free
Victoria rewrote its bail laws in 2023, softening a decade of post-Bourke-Street toughening. Here is what changed, who it was…
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Labor vows tougher youth justice after 109 charges dropped
The Victorian government says it will act to strengthen consequences for young offenders after Victoria Police withdrew 109 charges against…
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More Than a Death Certificate: How Victoria’s Coroners Court Drives Change
Victoria's Coroners Court does far more than record cause of death. Eliza Hartman explains the Prevention Unit, mandatory inquests, and…
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Victoria’s bail overhaul: what the 2023 reforms actually changed
Victoria quietly rewrote its bail laws in 2023, walking back parts of the post-Bourke Street crackdown. Eliza Hartman explains what…
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Big Build Watch
Open court, closed rooms: how IBAC public hearings actually work
IBAC can drag witnesses into open examination — but the bar is deliberately high. Eliza Hartman explains the process every…
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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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Big Build Watch
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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