This Report on Government Services (RoGS) provides information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of service provision and the achievement of outcomes for police services, courts and corrective services. It includes a summary of government expenditure in the sector.

This report presents high-level data on sentencing practices in Victorian courts for the 10 years to 30 June 2023. Data is presented separately for each of the four criminal jurisdictions in Victoria: Supreme Court, County Court, Magistrates’ Court and Children’s Court.

Examining recent Supreme Court decisions that have sparked widespread concern among legal scholars, practitioners, and politicians, this report warns of a looming constitutional crisis in New Zealand, as the Supreme Court increasingly oversteps its bounds, threatening the balance of power between the courts and Parliament.

Court reporting is an important historical function of journalism. In part, this is due to news media’s role in enabling open justice, the goal described as ‘justice must not only be done, it must be seen to be done’. This report is based on a six-month analysis of court reporting in regional New South Wales...

This statistical report presents data on sentencing practices in Victoria in the decade to June 2022. The data includes the number and gender of people sentenced each year, the types of offences people were sentenced for, the types of sentences people received, and the imprisonment or detention lengths and fine amounts imposed in the Supreme...