Mandatory sentencing collapses amid politicians' tough talk
Mandatory sentencing has been a spectacular failure in Victoria, with the state's judges refusing to impose minimum jail terms for violent offenders.
Bianca Hall is Legal Affairs reporter for The Age
Mandatory sentencing has been a spectacular failure in Victoria, with the state's judges refusing to impose minimum jail terms for violent offenders.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and Queensland senator Malcolm Roberts have cancelled a planned event with a Jewish group on Sunday, citing security fears.
Nine days after she was set upon in a Brunswick toilet block, elderly cleaner still can't speak and has a large black and purple bruise on her forehead. She's also very, very scared.
All Aboriginal children have been removed from Barwon prison after the state government backed down in the face of a Supreme Court challenge, a move which could see the collapse of its tough approach to rioting youth detainees.
Children as young as 16 have been kept almost exclusively in their cells in the maximum security Barwon prison, with no access to outside areas and fresh air, and no visits from their families, sources within the prison have revealed.
These developments are increasingly being opposed by those who want to shut the door on entry to their suburb after themselves.
Children have been kept in lock down for 20 hours and denied access to education and welfare services at Barwon maximum security prison, it has been alleged.
One of Victoria's peak Jewish groups has labelled One Nation "obscene" for claiming anti-Semitism is to blame for an ongoing stoush between the far-right party and a Melbourne council.
Drugs have overtaken alcohol as a factor in family violence incidents, according to raw police figures provided to Fairfax Media.
A toddler and several people in their 80s are among 27 people injured in the horrific fire at Springvale this morning.
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