2007 Legislative Achievements in Victoria

• Tough new laws to deter graffiti. For the first time in Victoria, graffiti will be a specific offence under the new Graffiti Prevention Act. Graffiti vandals now face a greater risk of criminal charges including up to two years in prison and heavy fines;
  
• Legislation creating the new offence of child homicide to better reflect the seriousness with which the community views the killing of a child; and
  
• Introduction of a two stage P plate licence and other new road safety measures.
  
  

2008 will carry another big legislative agenda that would include areas of priority in the Brumby Government such as making government more accessible and accountable.

Already on next year’s parliamentary agenda are important bills like the New Freedom of Information laws, which will do a number of things including removing application fees and increasing the amount of information provided on the Internet.

2008 will also see the Victorian Parliament debate the establishment of a Relationships Register so that unmarried people who live together can register their relationship for legal purposes – such as agreements on property.

We will also push forward with our program of cleaning up and modernising Victoria’s statute books by repealing old Acts, with the removal of the first two in a series of Bills to be debated.