The Liberals’ “tough on crime” approach is increasing court backlogs and clogging up Tasmanian prisons, the Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services shows.
I rise to strongly support this legislation, the Sentencing Amendment (Alcohol Treatment Orders) Bill of 2024. This is a reform that has been a long time coming.
The Greens certainly understand that assaults on workers in workplaces are unacceptable, and concerningly, there definitely appears to be an increase in some areas of work where workers are at risk.
The Greens have been advocating for expanding the court‑mandated diversion program to include alcohol-related offending since 2016.
The Greens welcome the re-tabling of the Sentencing Amendment (Alcohol Treatment Order) Bill 2024.
These secret open-ended recordings have the potential to erode trust in police and the state’s justice system.
There have been many comments made about the values of increasing the retirement age for judges. It is something in which we are in good company.
A serious safety improvement notice was issued by WorkSafe Tasmania on 18 February this year for the magistrates courts in Tasmania.
A disproportionate number of young people are sent to remand at Ashley Youth Detention Centre outside the normal operating hours of the Magistrates Court.
The Greens support these amendments to the Sentencing Act, the Criminal Code Act and the Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Act.