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New gun laws are being rolled out as of this month to address the increase in public shootings and proliferation of firearms in the community. The following excerpt has been taken from the Premier's Media Release on these reforms. New laws to help police remove...

An article from The Age reports that the number of women in custody is rising, which is a trend we have noticed as interlinked with reforms in Parole laws and the ice epidemic. As can be seen in this excerpt from the article published on 6th December 2015. There is a...

The criminal law is a hard area to get into and a difficult area to maintain. Kelly McKay has earned her place. And as an impressive up and coming barrister and a original members of the new David Ross Chambers, by far the funkiest criminal law chambers in the legal...

Legislation Update – As of 1 August 2015, first time drink driving offenders with readings over 0.1 BAC, will face significant fines, periods of licence disqualified, and the impound of the vehicle they were driving for 30 days. Police Minister Wade Noonan announced...

Ice/crystal meth has become the most potent and dangerous drug on Australian streets and the ice epidemic effects are being felt in hospitals, schools and, most particularly, in the criminal justice system. The effect that this epidemic has had on violent and drug...

Next month a new offence will be introduced into the Road Safety Act of Drink & Drug Driving. This offence specifically targets those who are intercepted driving whilst the prescribed concentration of alcohol and drugs are in their system. Previously there have...

Assistant Commissioner Robert Hill has announced changes to the Victoria Police Pursuits Policy to prioritise public safety. These changes arise from concerns that Police pursuits actually increase the danger to the public and are unnecessary given the other...

With the abolition of suspended sentences and intensive correction orders, Parliament introduced Community Correction Orders (CCO’s) which are orders that can be served instead of, or in addition to, periods of imprisonment. CCO’s can include many conditions,...

At Galbally Parker Criminal Lawyers we have always operated as private criminal lawyers, which means that we do not do any legal aid work, we charge fees and we receive no grants from the Government. However, in recent years, we acknowledge that Legal Aid changes have...