Victoria’s system of criminal record checks needs legislative reform to meet the pressures of increasing demand and changing technologies, according to a new report by Paul Chadwick, Victorian Privacy Commissioner (OVPC). The report recommends that the Government develop a Controlled Disclosure of Criminal Records Bill to provide for the first time in Victoria a central...

This project is designed to examine and critically evaluate both the substantive issues in the area (what we know about public opinion on sentencing) and the methodological issues in this field (how we measure public opinion on sentencing).

This study is the first extensive analysis of police investigations into rape offences in Victoria in more than a decade and was undertaken to address some of the gaps in knowledge identified by the Victorian Law Reform Commission.

The Department of Education and Training is committed to providing safe, secure and stimulating environments for all students, and provides a range of anti-bullying policies and strategies for schools to deliver on this commitment. A review of the anti-bullying policies and practices in Victorian government schools carried out by Deakin University and the Alannah and...

This agnote is a field guide for apiarists to identify the four important brood diseases: American foulbrood, European foulbrood, chalkbrood and sacbrood. Apiarists are encouraged to submit samples for laboratory confirmation of their field diagnoses and to seek advice from Department of Environment and Primary Industries apiary officers.