The major reform responds to a NSW Sentencing Council report which examined the issue in April 2024, and flagged concerns that ‘good character’ evidence was not operating effectively. On Wednesday, ...

A NSW appeal court says motor accident claimants need real medical evidence, not just an assertion, before a psychiatric ...

A survivor of child sexual abuse has described a “devastating” issue with a controversial sentencing tool in a bid to have it scrapped entirely from NSW courts. The NSW government is due to scrap ...

Chris Minns’ chief of staff launched legal action to avoid giving evidence. Since the court ruled in his favour, others are doing the same ...

Convicted offenders will soon no longer be able to rely on ‘good character’ evidence in sentencing proceedings in NSW, in a move the government says will help protect victim-survivors. The major ...

Good character references will no longer be important factors considered during sentencing for sexual crimes in NSW. After pushing to end the use of character references for all crimes, a scaled-back ...

Investigations are underway into a "major data breach" involving the New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ), after 9,000 sensitive court files, including domestic violence orders ...

The Public Service Association announced prison officers at Cessnock Correctional Centre would walk off the job, followed by colleagues at Bathurst Correctional Centre, in disgust after Cameron Welsh ...