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Justice system
Justice system
- Laws and regulation
  Laws and regulation
  
  How laws are made and regulated, and which legislative issues the department is currently addressing
- Courts and tribunals
  Courts and tribunals
  
  Interpreting the law, resolving disputes and imposing penalties on those who have broken the law
- Dispute resolution (External link)
  Dispute resolution (External link)
  
  Advice and mediation services as alternatives to court in resolving disputes
- Fines and penalties
  Fines and penalties
  
  Systems and processes for infringements (fines), penalties and values, fine enforcement and asset confiscation
- Corrections, prisons and parole (External link)
  Corrections, prisons and parole (External link)
  
  The correctional process, from community corrections to prison, parole and release
- Victims of crime (External link)
  Victims of crime (External link)
  
  Information, advice and support for victims of violent crime
- Legal assistance
  Legal assistance
  
  Find a lawyer or organisation to assist you with legal matters
- Sheriffs in Victoria
  Sheriffs in Victoria
  
  Learn about the role of sheriff's officers, who are responsible for enforcing warrants and orders issued by all Victorian courts
- Policing (External link)
  Policing (External link)
  
  Preventing, investigating and solving crime
- Youth justice
  Youth justice
  
  Youth justice supervises and provides programs for young people in the criminal justice system
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Safer communities
Safer communities
- Emergencies
  Emergencies
  
  Planning, managing and delivering Victoria’s emergency services
- Crime prevention
  Crime prevention
  
  Crime prevention campaigns, initiatives, programs and grants
- Road safety
  Road safety
  
  Victoria's road safety strategy and road safety camera program
- Gambling
  Gambling
  
  Gambling policy, regulation, licensing, education and research, and support for problem gambling
- Water safety (External link)
  Water safety (External link)
  
  Play it safe at the beach, at the river, by the pool and while boating and fishing
- Protecting children and families
  Protecting children and families
  
  Sustaining and improving outcomes for vulnerable children and their families
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Licences and certificates
Licences and certificates
- Births, deaths and marriages (External link)
  Births, deaths and marriages (External link)
  
  Certificates and registries for births, deaths and relationships, and family history resources
- Working with children (External link)
  Working with children (External link)
  
  Checks for people in paid or voluntary child-related work
- Business licensing
  Business licensing
  
  Licensing, registration and regulation of businesses and industries in Victoria.
- Non-business
  Non-business
  
  Non-business licences, certificates and registers, including birth certificates and Working with Children Checks
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Your rights
Your rights
- Consumer (External link)
  Consumer (External link)
  
  Victoria’s consumer affairs regulator helps Victorian consumers and businesses to be informed and responsible
- Privacy
  Privacy
  
  Privacy law regulates how personal information is obtained, used and disposed of.
- Disability and mental health
  Disability and mental health
  
  Advocacy, services and support for people with a disability or mental illness
- Equal opportunity and human rights (External link)
  Equal opportunity and human rights (External link)
  
  Equal opportunity, sexual harassment, racial and religious vilification, and related dispute resolution
- Aboriginal Justice Agreement (External link)
  Aboriginal Justice Agreement (External link)
  
  The Aboriginal Justice Agreement is a partnership between the Victorian Aboriginal community and the Victorian Government. In 2018 its fourth phase - Burra Lotjpa Dunguludja - was launched
- Freedom of information
  Freedom of information
  
  How to request access to documents held by the department's business units
- Native title
  Native title
  
  History and legislation behind the recognition and protection of native title in Victoria
- Adoption
  Adoption
  
  Adoption permanently transfers the parental rights and responsibilities of natural parents over to adoptive parents
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Crime prevention grant growing fruitful opportunities

worker stacking Fruit2Work branded boxes

9 August 2019

Crime prevention grant growing fruitful opportunities

A new refrigerated vehicle is generating job opportunities for ex-offenders at the Fruit2Work social enterprise, thanks to a $50,000 grant

New Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor appointed

Family violence reform implementation report

6 August 2019

New Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor appointed

On 1 August 2019 former Victorian Corrections Commissioner, Jan Shuard PSM, was appointed the new Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor.

Quarterly crime statistics

20 June 2019

Quarterly crime statistics

The Crime Statistics Agency has released figures for the year ending 31 March 2019

2019-20 Victorian Budget

27 May 2019

2019-20 Victorian Budget

The State Budget provides projections of Government revenue and expenditure for the following year, and outlines services to be delivered. Visit the Victorian State Budget site for all the details.

Screen capture image of the new Working with Children Check website

New website for the Working with Children Check (External link)

9 April 2019

The Working with Children Check has launched a brand new website. Improvements have been made to make it easier for users to find and understand the information they need

Video: Graffiti Prevention Grant helps to connect community and reduce graffiti in Melton (External link)

8 April 2019

Watch how Melton City Council used a Graffiti Prevention Grant to bring together schools, local traders and artists to tackle graffiti. Applications for grants are now open

Crime statistics for 2018 (External link)

21 March 2019

The Crime Statistics Agency has released figures for the year ending 31 December 2018

Emma Cassor Corrections Commissioner and Lily Mithen Melbourne Football club at DPFC

International Women’s Day celebrations at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre

8 March 2019

As part of International Women’s Day celebrations, players from the AFL Women’s league visited the prison to speak to female prisoners and conduct a footy clinic.

Prepare for fires this summer (External link)

4 January 2019

Victoria is one of the most fire-prone areas in the world, so everyone could be impacted by a fire at some time. Know your risk level and what to do before and during a fire

20 years of Victoria's water safety campaign

4 January 2019

This year marks 20 years of the Play it Safe by the Water campaign

Chubby baby lying down on a pink bed looking at and reaching for the camera

Victoria's most popular baby names in 2018 (External link)

4 January 2019

Olivia and Oliver reign supreme as Victoria’s best loved baby names, according to figures released by the Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Justice Health Aboriginal Tertiary Scholarship

11 December 2018

The Justice Health Aboriginal Tertiary Scholarship Program aims to support Victorian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tertiary students in completing their studies

Gambling Harm Awarness Week - Talk. Share. Support

Gambling Harm Awareness Week (External link)

9 October 2018

Victoria's first Gambling Harm Awareness Week is running from 8-14 October and the focus is on discussing why harm from gambling matters

Fire Action Week 2018: Act now before the summer season (External link)

5 October 2018

Planning early for the summer season can help to reduce risk from fire. Do you have a Fire Action Plan?

Keep an eye on your local daily Fire Danger Rating (External link)

1 October 2018

Emergency Management Victoria provide a forecast of daily Fire Danger Ratings across Victoria and recommendations on actions you can take to minimise risk from fire

photograph of the annual report for 2017-18. The cover is purple.

Annual Report 2017-18

19 September 2018

The 2017-18 Annual Report for the Department of Justice and Regulation

image of the website for Burra Lotjpa Dunguludja

Burra Lotjpa Dunguludja (External link)

27 August 2018

Burra Lotjpa Dunguludja or ‘Senior Leaders Talking Strong’ - phase 4 of the agreement between the Aboriginal community and the Victorian Government - has been launched.

34,000 new mums celebrate Mother's Day 2018

14 May 2018

Around 34,000 Victorian women celebrated Mother’s Day for the first time this year according to new figures released by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Grants available for equipment for emergency volunteer groups (External link)

27 April 2018

Volunteer organisations are encouraged to apply for the 2018-19 round of Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program (VESEP) funding.

Latest statistics released by Crime Statistics Agency (External link)

15 December 2017

Learn more about the latest crime statistics and trends on the Crime Statistics Agency website

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