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Advertisement The state opposition says the Andrews government s new wage theft laws, and the authority created to enforce them, will soon be redundant. The federal governmentâs proposed workplace laws, introduced to Parliament in Canberra last week, contain clauses criminalising underpayments uniformly across the nation, and the state Liberals say that legislation will supersede all state and territory laws that provide for wage theft offences. Both the Victorian and federal governments are introducing laws to help those who are overworked and, crucially, underpaid. Credit:Loiuse Kennerley But the Labor government shrugged off the attack on Monday, saying the system it is building to combat wage theft is superior to that of the federal government and it will be able to operate regardless of what happens in Canberra. ....
Advertisement It was several days before Christmas about six years ago when Geraldine Bilston called her mother in fear and asked her to urgently come and pick up her two-year-old daughter. A verbal altercation between Geraldine and her partner had intensified, and his aggression was scaring her. Geraldine Bilston left an abusive relationship about five years ago. Credit:Simon Schluter “It was so bad, and I saw his behaviour escalating so badly that I called my mum to pick up my daughter so she wouldn t have to be there while that was going on,” she says. After almost five years in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship, where her partner had slowly gained control of all aspects of her life including her finances, Geraldine knew the danger she and her daughter were in. ....
- Former Dandenong magistrate Jack Vandersteen has been promoted as the next president of the Victorian Children’s Court and a judge of the County Court. Mr Vandersteen had been presiding as the regional co-ordinating magistrate for the Dandenong region. During his tenure, he introduced fast-tracking of family violence matters and significantly reduced delays and pending cases at the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court and Childrens’ Court. The outcomes were found to reduce reoffending by offenders and improved timely access to justice. Mr Vandersteen’s 25-year legal career included a decade as a solicitor and manager at the Office of Public Prosecutions, as well as a Victoria Legal Aid duty solicitor at the Family, County and Supreme courts. ....