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Cautions Not Cuffs: Time to Make Existing Police Policy the Law
May 12, 2026May 12, 2026
Cannabis has been prohibited in Australia for almost a century. It is a failed policy. Australians continue to consume cannabis and they always will. In 2024 Victoria police acknowledged this, updating the Victorian Police Operational Manual to make cautioning the default option for minor, personal possession. It was the right call. But the arrests keep coming. Today, LCV is calling for what should have already happened: make cautioning the law.
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Dandenong South Incinerator Has Residents Inflamed
February 11, 2026February 11, 2026
Late last year Rachel Payne MP raised the rapid expansion of Waste to Energy (WtE) in Victoria in Parliament. Despite serious environmental and health concerns, enormous rubbish incinerators are either being built or planned in a so-called “ring of fire” around Melbourne.
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Historic Win for Victim Survivors of Institutional Abuse in Victoria
February 11, 2026February 11, 2026
On Tuesday the 17th of February, a Bill to introduce retrospective vicarious liability laws for victim-survivors of institutional abuse is expected to pass with bipartisan support.
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A Sinking Feeling: Why on Earth are we Building Homes on Floodplains?
December 10, 2025February 4, 2026
Residents in South-East Melbourne face skyrocketing home insurance premiums, high flood- related excesses and are struggling to get insured as new housing developments are proposed on historical floodplains.
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A Day of Reckoning for Institutions that Enable the Abuse of Children
November 19, 2025November 19, 2025
Today, the Victorian Government introduced a bill to improve access to compensation for victim-survivors of institutional child abuse. It is our job as legislators to get the right outcome, and we commend the government for doing what we and countless have been calling for – the removal of absurd vicarious liability loopholes.
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Access In Action – Purcell and Payne launch bold push to reform abortion in Victoria
October 6, 2025October 6, 2025
While abortion is now decriminalised in Victoria, access barriers ensure this procedure is being delayed and denied by stealth, and the Victorian government must urgently pull every lever to address this crisis.
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