Gregory Browne was found guilty of repeatedly raping and bashing his late partner, but was granted a retrial because evidence ...

A Victorian mayor has stepped aside just weeks into his term following revelations he provided a character reference for a ...

A survivor of child sexual abuse has described a “devastating” issue with a controversial sentencing tool in a bid to have it ...

Wyndham City Council's Preet Singh wrote a character reference for Kashyap Patel, who in 2024 was convicted of grooming and ...

Calls are mounting for Victorian Liberal Party president Phil Davis to step down amid controversy over a party candidate who had previously provided a character reference to a man charged with child ...

A mayor is facing pressure to resign after it emerged that he joined a failed Liberal political aspirant in giving a character reference to a friend on sex abuse charges.

Legal figures are warning a proposed change to New South Wales sentencing laws prohibiting 'good character' evidence goes too far. NSW Bar Association senior counsel Dominic Toomey says a 'holistic' ...

The Victorian Liberal Party has reopened preselection for a safe upper house seat after the candidate who beat high-profile MP Moira Deeming in a hard-fought internal battle at the weekend was forced ...

The NSW government is due to scrap “good character” references, meaning convicted offenders will no longer be able to rely on evidence of their “good character” during sentencing. Child sexual ...

Banning judges from considering an offender's prior good character in sentencing is fraught with unintended consequences, an inquiry has been told. Reforms proposed by victim advocates and backed by ...