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.
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…
Read More »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…
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 »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 »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 »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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