Hansard: 6 December 2007 ASSEMBLY CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — The Criminal Procedure Legislation Amendment Bill is a bill that will require judges to disclose sentence discounts for guilty pleas, will allow judges to give indications of sentences that accused persons would receive and will make miscellaneous amendments to criminal [...]

Media reports that Attorney-General Rob Hulls has ended the appointment of State Coroner Graeme Johnstone, against Mr Johnstone’s wishes, highlight the need for public officers like the Coroner to be protected against arbitrary dumping by governments. Coroners exercise an important role in protecting public safety by inquiring into the causes of death and making recommendations [...]

Hansard: 9 October 2007 ASSEMBLY Supreme Court: redevelopment Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — Last month, along with other members of Parliament, I took part in a visit to and tour of the Supreme Court, kindly organised by the Chief Justice of Victoria. While the recently refurbished first Banco Court looked most impressive, it became clear [...]

Hansard: 20 September 2007 ASSEMBLY WORKING WITH CHILDREN AMENDMENT BILL Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — The Working with Children Amendment Bill 2007 is a bill that fixes a range of errors, omissions and oversights in the Working with Children Act 2005. It includes four new offences defined as relevant offences which are to be considered [...]

Hansard: 19 September 2007 ASSEMBLY Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — When I was a member of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) before it was destroyed by the man who is now Premier and turned into a rubber stamp under the chairmanship of the member for Burwood, who was his parliamentary secretary, we used [...]

Hansard: 18 September 2007 ASSEMBLY Appeal Costs Fund: funding Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — I rise to condemn the government’s planned cuts to the Appeal Costs Fund. The Appeal Costs Fund reimburses individuals who incur additional costs due to failures in the court system, such as having a decision overturned on appeal or if a [...]

Hansard: 18 September 2007 ASSEMBLY CRIMES AMENDMENT (RAPE) BILL Second reading Debate resumed from 22 August; motion of Mr HULLS (Attorney-General). Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — The Crimes Amendment (Rape) Bill 2007 amends the Crimes Act in relation to the offence of rape and various other sexual offences in two particular respects. The first is [...]

Hansard: 23 August 2007 ASSEMBLY CONFISCATION AMENDMENT BILL Second reading Debate resumed from 8 August; motion of Mr HULLS (Attorney-General). Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — The Confiscation Amendment Bill makes a series of amendments to the Confiscation Act 1997, principally in relation to the exclusion of property from confiscation but also in relation to the [...]

Hansard: 21 August 2007 ASSEMBLY Family violence: government initiative Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — Despite promises that it will be decisive, the Brumby government has delayed until later this year acting on recommendations given to it by the Victorian Law Reform Commission in December 2005 to provide better protection for domestic violence victims. Instead the [...]

Despite promises it will be “decisive”, the Brumby Government has further delayed acting on recommendations made by the Victorian Law Reform Commission in December 2005 to provide better protection for domestic violence victims. Instead the Attorney-General, Rob Hulls, has issued proposals for legislation for community consultation and will not make final decisions until later this [...]