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Victim-survivor groups and legal experts are split over “nation-first reforms” that ban offenders from using this tool in court. However, a loud cohort of legal experts and political figures have ...

Victim-survivors of crime will be better protected following the passage of the Minns Labor Government’s reforms abolishing ‘good character’ as a mitigating factor at sentencing for all offences.

Ms Allan backed Ms Grigorovitch on Wednesday and also has confirmed that other Labor MPs have admitted to providing character references, although Ms Allan said she was not yet aware of any who had ...

Labor’s Luba Grigorovitch wrote 33 character references but says she regrets providing them for six individuals and will never write another Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get ...

Analysis - Stopping judges from considering "good character" references when sentencing sexual offenders - as New Zealand's National Party has pledged to if re-elected - may sound like a niche legal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A premier has publicly backed one of her new ministers after she apologised for failing to vet locals who requested character ...

The Tasmanian Government has today released draft legislation to stop the inappropriate use of ‘good character’ references by serious offenders. The Sentencing Amendment (Good Character) Bill 2026 ...

Labor MP Luba Grigorovitch will no longer provide character references after admitting she gave them for six people “I now know I shouldn’t have”, including a domestic abuser and a predatory taxi ...

Victorian cabinet minister Luba Grigorovitch has admitted to inappropriately backing six people, including domestic violence and sexual assault offenders, in their legal fights, and vowed to no longer ...

Victorian ministers have been told to audit their character references after it emerged new minister Luba Grigorovitch signed off on dozens without even a Google search, admitting she had decided to ...