Media Releases

14 June 2018 - The drug ice (methylamphetamine) was the key driver behind a 91% increase in the annual number of charges of possessing and using illicit drugs sentenced in Victoria’s Magistrates’ Court, a new report has found.

25 May 2018 - Council Recommends Victorian Community Involvement in Creating Sentencing Guidelines

4 May 2018 - Five hundred and fifty-one people were sentenced in 2016–17 for committing serious offences while serving a community correction order, a new report has found.

13 March 2018 - A paper released today invites Victorians to consider whether compensation to victims should become part of an offender’s sentence and how the enforcement of compensation orders could be improved.

19 December 2017 - The number of motor vehicle thefts sentenced in Victoria’s Magistrates’ Court reached 3,500 in 2016–17, an increase of 170% over five years, a new report has found.

10 November 2017 - An issues paper released today looks at how to create a new organisation that will allow the community to have more input into sentencing in Victoria.

20 October 2017 - A report released today by the Sentencing Advisory Council calls for a stronger response by Victoria’s courts and corrections systems to family violence offenders.

26 September 2017 - Breaching the conditions of bail and sentencing orders accounted for 10% of all charges sentenced in Victorian courts in 2015–16, a new Sentencing Advisory Council report has found.

18 July 2017 - Half of offenders sentenced to a community correction order (CCO) breach their order, a new Sentencing Advisory Council report has found.

15 December 2016 - Children who are first sentenced between the ages of 10 and 12 are more likely to reoffend than those first sentenced when they are older.