News & Media
Media organisations seeking comment on Smart Justice issues should contact the following spokespeople:
Kerry O'Shea
Public Affairs Manager
Law Institute of Victoria
0401 107 103
koshea@liv.asn.au
Hugh de Kretser
Executive Officer
Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic)
T 0403 965 340
executiveofficer@fclc.org.au
The views expressed in Smart Justice media releases and media comment do not necessarily reflect the views of the individual Smart Justice partner organisations.
September 2010
The Sunday Age Editorial on Smart Justice
The Sunday Age argues that sentencing should be based on facts not myths and misconceptions about the criminal justice system.
May 2010
State Government Going Overboard with Kids and Knives Searches
The Government is going overboard by taking away human rights of children and those with intellectual disabilities in its crack down on knife crime, according to Smart Justice in this media release.
Smart Justice seeks to Counter the Law and Order Auction
The community is not well served if election-fuelled debate about law and order becomes an auction about who can be tougher on crime, according to a coalition of legal and community organisations in this media release.
Smart Justice Launch Speech by Hugh de Kretser
Speech presented by Hugh de Kretser, Executive Officer of the Federation of Community Legal Centers and Smart Justice spokesman at the launch of the Smart Justice project on the 27th of May 2010.
Smart Justice Launch
The Smart Justice Project will be launched at 10.30-11.30am at the Law Institute of Victoria, 470 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Speakers are Mukesh Haikerwal, former AMA President, Steve Stevens, LIV President, Vickie Roach, human rights activist and former prisoner and Hugh de Kretser, Executive Officer, Federation of Community Legal Centres. For more information and to register attendance see: http://www.liv.asn.au/Education---Events/Events/Smart-Justice-Launch.
Prisons and police spending the wrong priorities in today's 'disappointing' budget (Sourced from www.vcoss.org.au)
The following media release was taken from the Victorian Council of Social Service's website.
State Budget: police and prison spending 'wasteful' (Sourced from www.communitylaw.org.au)
The following media release was taken from the Federation of Community Legal Centre's website.
