Who Shares What: Victoria’s Family Violence Information Scheme
Victoria's FVISS lets authorised agencies share information to protect people at risk of family violence — without always needing consent.…
Read More »Who Watches the Carers? Victoria’s Reportable Conduct Scheme Explained
Victoria's Reportable Conduct Scheme compels organisations working with children to investigate and report certain employee behaviour. Here is how the…
Read More »Fines, bans and licence conditions: how Victoria polices its venues
When a Melbourne bar is fined or stripped of its licence, a long regulatory chain sits behind that decision. Here…
Read More »The Weight of the Job: How Victoria Supports Police Mental Health
From peer-support officers to landmark PTSD legislation, VCN examines the systems designed to help Victorian police cope with the psychological…
Read More »From Dispute to VCAT: How Rental Rows Get Resolved in Victoria
Thousands of Victorian renters and landlords take their disputes to VCAT each year. Here is how the process works, what…
Read More »Highway Patrol vs General Duties: How Victoria’s Road Police Work
Victoria Police's Highway Patrol is a specialist unit with its own training, deployment logic and pursuit rules. Here's what sets…
Read More »The Weight of Waiting: Victoria’s Intervention-Order Crisis
Tens of thousands of family-violence intervention orders pass through Victoria's Magistrates' Courts every year. Mei Calloway examines what the numbers…
Read More »From Ticket to Warrant: How Victoria’s Fines System Works
A parking ticket can snowball into a warrant if you ignore it. Here is how Victoria's fines system works —…
Read More »E-scooters Are Here to Stay — But Not Everywhere
Some Melbourne councils have made shared e-scooter schemes a fixture of their streets. Others walked away. Mei Calloway unpacks what…
Read More »Speed Camera Cash: Where Does Victoria’s Fine Revenue Go?
Victoria collects hundreds of millions in speed and red-light camera fines each year. We break down where that money actually…
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