Community Safety
Public safety, scams targeting Victorians, hate crime, drug overdose, and the community-led prevention programs that are working — and the ones that aren’t.
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Graffiti to Criminal Damage: Victoria’s Laws Explained
From a tagged laneway to a torched car — how Victorian law treats graffiti and property damage differently, and what…
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Inside Victoria’s School-Based Gang Intervention Push
From embedded youth outreach workers to council partnership pilots, Victoria is trialling a new model to steer young people away…
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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…
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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…
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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 —…
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Wands, Declared Zones and Debate: Victoria’s New Knife Laws
Victoria has given police sweeping new powers to search for knives in public. We break down what the laws do,…
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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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Victoria’s mobile and fixed camera program: how it works and where it operates
How Victoria's camera program is run, the revenue-vs-safety debate, point-to-point cameras, mobile sites, common myths, and what to do if…
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Cyber crime in Victoria: the scams costing Victorians the most
From investment fraud and remote-access scams to MyGov phishing and business email compromise: a guide to the cyber crime trends…
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Neighbourhood Watch in Victoria, fifty years on
Neighbourhood Watch in Victoria has been running since the 1980s. We look at the evidence on whether it actually reduces…
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