Machinery of government (“MoG”) changes are the formal transfer of functions from one department to another. These changes may occur at any time, but are most common following an election, particularly where there has been a change of government. MoG arrangements are used to align functions in a way that governments believe will assist in...

Following the November 2014 election, the newly elected Victorian government undertook a departmental restructure, which saw nine departments merged into seven, a reallocation of functions between departments and a number of changes to ministerial portfolios. On 27 May 2015, the Legislative Council passed a motion that the Legal and Social Issues Committee inquire into machinery...

Whilst methamphetamine use as a generic category may have stabilised over the last decade, there has been a significant rise in the use of crystal methamphetamine the more potent and dangerous form of the drug, particularly by young people between 20 and 29 according to this report.

This Victorian parliamentary inquiry examined responses to criminal child abuse by all non-government organisations that interact directly with children.

The Committee was asked to consider the access and interactions that people with an intellectual disability or cognitive impairment have with the justice system.