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Victorian Legal Assistance Strategy 2022-2025

The Victorian Legal Assistance Strategy (Strategy) outlines the vision and focus for the delivery of government funded legal assistance services in Victoria. It will guide actions to better support the legal assistance sector.

Justice of the Peace position description

The position description for Justice of the Peace volunteer roles in Victoria.

Review of the Serious Offenders Act 2018

Victorian Government Response to the Review of the Serious Offenders Act 2018

Youth justice unclothed searches quarterly reporting (1 April 2023 to 30 June 2023)

Quarterly unclothed searches reporting data for 1 April to 30 June 2023 - a snapshot of incidents and allegations in relation to young people within youth justice custodial facilities operated by the Department of Justice and Community Safety.

Travel report - Minister Ben Carroll, USA and United Kingdom, July and August 2019

Travel report for Minister Ben Carroll to the US and UK in July and August 2019.

Person unaware - Guidance to agencies

Download the Person unaware ground of review fact sheet

Victorian Government Policy on Institutional Participation in the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse

Policy outlining the Victorian Government's institutional participation in the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse.

The Report of the Expert Reference Group on Public Drunkenness

The Victorian Government welcomes the report of the Expert Reference Group on Public Drunkenness (ERG), ‘Seeing the Clear Light of Day’.

Internal review in the infringements system - Guide to good practice

This guide provides good practice examples of how the principles set out in the Department of Justice and Community Safety’s Internal Review Guidelines can be applied by enforcement agencies.

Attorney-General’s Guidelines to the Infringements Act 2006 – for Enforcement Agencies

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide guidance to enforcement agencies on their responsibilities in administering the Infringements Act 2006 (Infringements Act).
These guidelines complement the Attorney-General’s Guidelines to the Infringements Act for legislating agencies (Attorney-General’s Guidelines for Legislating Agencies).

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