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Abortion

  • The Age: Labor gives go-ahead to options on abortion vote – 30 May 2008
  • Herald Sun: New push on Abortion law – 30 May 2008
  • The Australian: Abortion law reform options revealed – 30 May 2008
  • Warrnambool Standard: MPs to consider decriminalisation Abortion paper ignites debate – 30 May 2008
  • The Age: A matter of life and death – 21 March 2008
  • Melbourne Times: a Choice Decision – 5 December 2007
  • Sunday Age: Abortion law reform a step closer – 7 October 2007
  • The Australian: One parliament decides the abortion debate is over – 23 August 2007
  • The Age: Merlino 'no' to abortion law reforms – 22 August 2007
  • Herald Sun: Abortion showdown – 21 August 2007
  • ABC radio, AM: Abortion could be decriminalised in Victoria – 21 August 2007

ART & Adoption

  • The Age: Family values threatened, says panel – 9 January 2008
  • The Age: Government rejects bid to restrict donor contact – 18 December 2007
  • Herald Sun: Gay IVF Win – 15 December 2007
  • The Age: State overhauls baby laws – 15 December 2007
  • The Australian: Senate says no to gay parents  – 19 June 2007
  • Herald Sun: Pregnant pause  – 18 June 2007
  • Geelong Advertiser: Lesbians join IVF push  – 12 June 2007
  • The Age: It's high time Bracks took a stand on IVF  – 12 June 2007
  • Sunday Herald Sun: Softly, softly as Bracks enters legal minefield  – 10 June 2007
  • The Age: Gays, singles may get more IVF help  – 8 June 2007
  • The Age: Making babies – 31 March 2007
  • Herald Sun: Baby-making debate – 8 November 2006
  • The Age: Surrogacy laws ‘need clarification’ – 26 November 2005
  • Herald Sun: Surrogacy may be extended – 26 November 2005
  • The Age: Sperm bank offspring ‘to need advice’ – 14 November 2005
  • Herald Sun: Same-sex law storm – 23 July 2005
  • Geelong Advertiser: Same-sex couple ruling – 23 July 2005
  • The Age: Infertility laws ‘too confusing’ – 17 June 2005
  • Herald Sun: Parent test failed – 14 May 2005
  • The Age: Abbott blasts IVF reform call by ‘experts’ – 13 May 2005
  • Herald Sun: Call to reform IVF law – 12 May 2005
  • The Age: Lesbians singles win IVF therapy – 12 May 2005
  • Catholic News: Ethicist warns on Reproductive Technology threat to children’s rights 
  • The Law Report: Children Born through Sperm Donation – 28 September 2004
  • The Australian: Gays hit by society not mum and dad – 9 September 2004
  • The Herald Sun: Pregnant with possibilities – 17 May 2004.

 Bail

  • Herald Sun: Push to relax bail law – 11 October 2007
  • Sunday Herald Sun: Bail Act shake-up – 19 November 2006
  • Herald Sun: Bail law extends its reach – 17 November 2006
  • Herald Sun: Rethink on jail terms – 1 June 2006
  • Herald Sun: Bail law changes sought – 25 November 2005
  • Shepparton News: Bail system under microscope – 21 June 2005
  • Herald Sun: Bail law review ordered – 10 December 2004. 

Civil Justice

  • The Australian: Lawyers attack Hulls' changes – 30 May 2008
  • Australian Financial Review: Call for faster, cheaper Victorian justice – 29 May 2008
  • The Australian: Reforms to end games in court – 29 May 2008
  • Australian Financial Review: Victoria on the eve of major civil reforms – 14 March 2008
  • Australian Financial Review: Rearguard action delays litigation reform – 31 August 2007
  • Australian Financial Review: Victorian bar rejects 'good faith' proposal – 10 August 2007
  • The Australian: Change is coming  – and it could cost – 6 July 2007
  • Australian Financial Review: Litigation firm backs cost capping – 6 July 2007
  • Australian Financial Review: Ten commandments to rule conduct in Victoria – 18 May 2007
  • Australian Financial Review: bid to cut mountain of documents – 9 February 2007
  • Sunday Age: Warring parties shoot themselves in the wallet – 26 November 2006
  • The Australian: Probe into tax deductions for legal fees – 8 September 2006
  • Australian Financial Review: Cashman puts Victorian civil litigation I the dock – 13 October 2006

Community Law Reform 

  • Australian Financial Review: Tenancy data: know thy neighbour…to a point – 6 April 2006.
  • The Age: blacklists hinder tenants – 6 April 2006.
  • Preston and Brimbank Leader: Rent blacklist blast – 11 April 2006.

  Defences to Homicide

  • The Age: Infanticide defence to be extended – 5 September 2005.
  • The Law Report: 16 August 2005. www.abc.net.au/rn/lawreport/stories/2005/1437498.htm#
  • Herald Sun: Murder law change – 19 November 2004.
  • ABC Online: Vic law reform commission wants provocation ditched as a defence for murder – 18 November 2004. www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2004/s1246410.htm.
  • The Age: World’s best justice? – 17 November 2004. The Age: Beyond a mother’s control – 11 December 2004.
  • The Age: It’s time women had a better deal from the law – 1 November 2004.

Evidence 

  • The Age: Child Witnesses as ‘honest’ as adults – 9 February 2006.
  • Australian Financial Review: National Evidence Regime Gains Support – 10 February 2006.
  • The Australian: Plan for better evidence in court – 4 July 2005.

 Family Violence 

  • The Age: Shake-up of family violence law – 13 August 2007
  • Herald Sun: Law hits wife bashers – 13 August 2007
  • Melbourne Leader: Women want clear action  – 30 May 2007
  • Bendigo Weekly: Not good enough – 25 August 2006
  • Border Mail: Victims suffer again in court – 21 April 2006
  • Stateline: – 3 March 2006
  • mX: Family Violence Unit Bid – 1 March 2006
  • Herald Sun: Not at home to violence – 2 March 2006
  • The Age: Family Violence Law to get a Going-Over – 2 March 2006
  • The Age: Abusive husbands face jail under plan to put the brakes on domestic violence – 16 September 2005
  • Riverine Herald: Let Down, no support for rural victims – 29 November 2004
  • Stateline: – 26 November 2004
  • National Indigenous Times: Crimes Act fails women says law reform chief – Issue 70, 2004
  • Indian Voice: Intervention orders no protection – December 2004
  • Bendigo Advertiser: Bid to address violence issue – 23 June 2004

Jury Directions 

  • Herald Sun: Pollies could do jury duty – 29 July 2009
  • Australian: Change of direction for juries – 1 February 2008
  • Australian Financial Review: Judges told to keep it simple – 4 January 2008

Workplace Privacy

  • Ballarat Courier: Toilet cameras outlawed –2 July 2007
  • The Age: Snooping bosses banned – 8 August 2006
  • The Law Report: Surveillance in workplaces – 18 October 2005 
  • Australian Financial Review: Victoria grabs lead in workplace privacy – 6 October 2005
  • The Australian: Law to oversee job net privacy – 6 October 2005
  • The Age: Victoria leads workers’ privacy push – 6 October 2005
  • Herald Sun: Fines call for Spying – 6 October 2005. 
  • Australian Financial Review: Big Brother law catches business on hop – 5 October 2005
  • Australian Financial Review: Surveillance comes under scrutiny – 18 December 2004
  • Today Tonight: Work, Lies and videotape – 29 September 2004
  • Ballarat Courier: Models to regulate workplace privacy – 29 September 2004
  • Computerworld: Vic Commission urges workers’ privacy rules – 24 September 2004 
  • Herald Sun: Heat on candid camera tactics – 24 September 2004.

Sexual Offences 

  • The Age: Consent rules tightened under new rape legislation – 22 November 2007
  • The Age: Somewhere to help heal and fight back – 14 July 2007
  • The Age: AFL will play ball with new sex assault unit, says Demetriou – 27 April 2007
  • SBS Insight: Proving Rape – 25 October 2005 
  • The Age: Seeking informed consent to change ‘flawed’ rape laws – 28 August 2004
  • Bendigo Advertiser: Sex shame – 26 August 2004
  • The Age: Courts face sex cases overhaul – 26 August 2004
  • Herald Sun: Law reform spares sex assault victims – 26 August 2004
  • Ballarat Courier: Concerns over sex convictions – 27 August 2004
  • The Age: Child sex report a ‘disappointment’ – 10 July 2004
  • Agenda, Sunday Age magazine: He said, she said – 30 May 2004.

Surveillance in Public Places 

  • Herald Sun: Victorian Law Reform Commission probes surveillance cameras – 30 March 2009
  • 'Big Brother comes to Victoria: a looks at the state's increasing surveillance' Stateline ABC – 3 April 2009
  • Sunday Herald Sun: Teacher videos hit net – 1 July 2007
  • Herald Sun: Man arrested for photos up skirts – 25 January 2007
  • Sunday Herald Sun: Big Brother is watching – 19 November 2006
  • The Sunday Age: Focus on happy-snaps ban – 6 August 2006.