Media Releases

2 April 2020 - The Sentencing Advisory Council today released its second report on ‘crossover kids’, children who have had contact with both the child protection system and the youth justice system.

4 February 2020 - The Sentencing Advisory Council today has released a report examining the 640% increase in Victorian courts’ use of time served prison sentences – sentences of imprisonment equal to the time the offender has already spent on remand – over the past seven years.

3 December 2019 - The Sentencing Advisory Council today released a review of scientific evidence and current law on the sentencing of young adults in Victoria, along with options that could be used to supplement current approaches to sentencing this age group.

19 November 2019 - The Sentencing Advisory Council today released a report examining how Victorian courts are considering the likely deportation of offenders as a factor in sentencing.

27 June 2019 - The Sentencing Advisory Council today released a report showing that nearly 40% of children sentenced or diverted in the Children’s Court of Victoria in 2016 and 2017 had been the subject of at least one report to the Victorian child protection service.

15 May 2019 - A report released today by the Sentencing Advisory Council reveals that larger numbers of firearms offences are being sentenced in Victorian courts, and the courts are increasingly using imprisonment in sentencing these offences.

8 May 2019 - Australia’s foremost expert on sentencing law, Emeritus Professor Arie Freiberg AM, will deliver a free public presentation on sentencing on Saturday 18 May 2019 as part of Law Week.

19 February 2019 - The Sentencing Advisory Council has today released a comprehensive review of sentencing for animal cruelty offences in Victoria.

24 January 2019 - In 2017–18, 632 people were sentenced for committing 912 serious offences while serving a CCO, new findings show.

24 October 2018 - A report released today recommends improvements to the system for enforcing restitution and compensation orders against offenders.