New laws to criminalise coercive control - Parliament of Victoria

Community Safety - Platform | The Australian Greens

Labor and the Liberals' approach to crime clearly isn't working. Despite Victoria having more police than any other state, people don't feel any safer. We need a different approach.

Crime - One Nation Victoria

Toughest state on crime: a 24/7 Bail Court, ninety-day justice for violent charges, adult sentencing for serious child offenders, and police freed to patrol.

Victorian Labor

That’s the number the Police Association says Victoria needs to have a full police force.

Victorian opposition pledges to toughen bail and sentencing laws

The Victorian opposition has pledged to expand the government's "adult time for violent crime" laws and introduce a "one-strike" bail rule that would see re-offenders automatically denied bail.

Police, prisons and human rights – Victorian Socialists

‘Law and order’ politics fills prisons without addressing root causes. We’ll redirect police budget increases into public housing, youth and social services.

IBAC Powers To Be Expanded

“I have always had zero-tolerance for criminal behaviour in any workplace, and that remains absolute.”

Victorian Labor

Every victim-survivor of family or sexual violence deserves justice.

Government Bill (House of Commons) C-22 (45-1) - First Reading - Lawful Access Act, 2026 - Parliament of Canada

Government Bill (House of Commons) C-22 (45-1) - First Reading - Lawful Access Act, 2026 - Parliament of Canada

Legislative Council Preview - VIC Election 2026

Victoria Legislative Council Preview - VIC Election 2026

Mississippi public defenders could curb incarcerations - Mississippi Today

What Mississippi needs is a state-level public defender mandate establishing clear, enforceable standards that apply in every jurisdiction: standards for compensation and expenses, for workload, for when counsel first meets a client, for continuity of representation through all stages of a case.

Silencing the Streets

The 47-page report, “‘Silencing the Streets’: The Right to Protest Under Attack in the UK,” documents that the UK’s Labour government has failed to reverse sweeping anti-protest laws introduced by the previous Conservative government. Instead, Labour has attempted to expand them with the Crime and Policing Bill 2025 and through the unprecedented misuse of terrorism legislation to target and criminalize peaceful protest. The Crime and Policing bill, pending before parliament, is to be debated in the House of Lords in January 2026.

How GVTs Have Distorted Victorian Legislative Council Elections

Summary: Change is coming to the Victorian Legislative Council’s electoral system for November’s state election. Victoria becomes the last jurisdiction to abolish group voting tickets, …

Bills and Legislation | Legislative Assembly of BC

Making laws is one of the primary functions of the Legislative Assembly, and the legislative process is a substantial focus of each sitting day. A bill must pass through several stages before becoming law. Except in urgent or exceptional cases, each stage occurs on a different day to allow detailed examination of each bill.

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CCLA actively stands up to power by fighting against rights violations, abuse of police powers, inequality, and discrimination. We stand for freedom, equality, and a better future for all people in Canada.