Hansard: 8 August 2007 ASSEMBLY SUMMARY OFFENCES AMENDMENT (UPSKIRTING) BILL Second reading Debate resumed from 21 June; motion of Mr HULLS (Attorney-General). Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — If one ever wanted a demonstration of the emptiness of our new Premier’s claim that his is going to be a more decisive government, one need only look [...]

Delay by the Bracks Government in implementing measures put forward by the Liberal Party in 2003 means that these measures have not been available to help the estimated 500,000 victims of domestic violence incidents that have occurred since that time. The Premier announced today that from mid-2008 police will be able under a “trial program” [...]

Hansard: 17 July 2007 ASSEMBLY Courts: security Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — Last month the Auditor-General exposed serious weaknesses in the security systems provided by the government for magistrates courts across Victoria. Forty-one courts do not have security cameras and 43 do not have access even to electronic hand wands for security checks. This is [...]

The Bracks Government must not use today’s Sentencing Advisory Council report as an excuse for more delay or inaction in protecting the community against high risk serious offenders including rapists, murderers and arsonists, Shadow Attorney General Robert Clark said. “The Liberal Party has long been calling for courts to have the power to order any [...]

Hansard: 21 June 2007 ASSEMBLY WILLS AMENDMENT BILL Second reading Debate resumed from 23 May; motion of Mr HULLS (Attorney-General). Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — The Wills Amendment Bill makes a small but important alteration to the Wills Act 1997. It relates to the very difficult area where there is a person with a disability [...]

Hansard: 21 June 2007 ASSEMBLY MAGISTRATES’ COURT AND CORONERS ACTS AMENDMENT BILL Second reading Debate resumed from 7 June; motion of Mr HULLS (Attorney-General). Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — The Magistrates’ Court and Coroners Acts Amendment Bill makes a number of miscellaneous amendments to the Magistrates’ Court Act 1989, as well as to the Magistrates’ [...]

Hansard: 20 June 2007 ASSEMBLY CRIMES AMENDMENT (DNA DATABASE) BILL Second reading Debate resumed from 2 May; motion of Mr HULLS (Attorney-General). Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — The Crimes Amendment (DNA Database) Bill is a bill that has two main purposes: the first is to enable Victoria to participate fully in the national criminal investigation [...]

A report by the Auditor-General tabled in Parliament today has found there are serious security problems in Magistrates’ Courts across Victoria, with inadequate weapons checks and security cameras. The Auditor-General found that there have been 584 reported security incidents in Victorian Magistrates’ Courts over the past two years. In just two courts where weapons searches [...]

Hansard: 7 June 2007 ASSEMBLY COURTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (JUDICIAL EDUCATION AND OTHER MATTERS) BILLSecond readingDebate resumed from 23 May; motion of Mr HULLS (Attorney-General). Mr CLARK (Box Hill) — The Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Education and Other Matters) Bill makes a range of amendments to legislation governing different aspects of our court system. It establishes [...]