Since the Electric Vehicle trial commenced in October 2010, more than 3,500 people have subscribed to the EV newsletter, 139 charging outlets have been installed across metro Melbourne, and EVs involved in the trial have travelled more than 300,000 kilometres. The report captures the involvement of more than 80 organisations, 120 Victorian households and around...

This report examines whether sentencing influences subsequent reoffending. Introduction An important aspect of the Sentencing Advisory Council’s work is examining the effects of sentencing on an offender’s subsequent behaviour. This is one element of the more general question of whether, and to what extent, sentencing can achieve its various purposes. Information about the effects of...

Key messages: Victoria’s school system delivers generally good results for students, but its performance falls short of the world’s best systems. To lift the Victorian system into the top global tier in the next decade, the Government has signalled a further wave of school reforms focused on improving the quality of teaching and school leadership...

This report recommends the introduction of legislation so that minors who make or possess sexually explicit images or video of themselves or their peers cannot be charged with child pornography offences. It is the final report of the Victorian Parliament’s Law Reform Committee's Inquiry into Sexting. During the course of the Inquiry the Committee received...

This report finds that Victoria’s prison population has increased by nearly 40% over the last 10 years, a rate faster than increases in the general population.