Victims Compensation Law & Lawyers

If you have been the victim of an act of violence, then you may be eligible to receive monetary compensation and/or free counselling. Counselling and compensation may also be available to the witnesses of acts of violence, parents of child victims and family members of a deceased victim.

Victims compensation and counselling are separate to any criminal charges against an offender, and may be available even if the offender isn't caught, isn't charged, or is charged but found not guilty.

Very different victims compensation laws applying to each state and territory.

To seek legal help regarding your compensation matter, please complete your free legal enquiry form on the left.

To be eligible for victims compensation you must have suffered an injury as a result of the act of violence, and the injury must be on the list of compensable injuries set out in the legislation under each state and territory. For each injury on the list there is a set amount of compensation.

If you have been the victim of an act of violence we strongly recommend that you obtain legal advice as soon as possible, as there are time limits that may prevent you from taking action later if you delay.

By filling out our legal enquiry form, we will be able to put you in direct contact with lawyers who specialise in victim's compensation law and in getting the maximum compensation for victims of a crime or unlawful event.

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If you believe you have been the victim of any type of assault, an unprovoked attack, a mugging, sexual abuse or any other criminal act, then you may be entitled to victims compensation.

To find out if you have a claim, please complete your free legal enquiry form on the left, click here.

 

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Compensation to victims of crime may include:

• payment of any loss of wages or income
• medical expenses and ambulance expenses
• dental expenses and other treatment expenses
• surgical and related expenses
• psychology/psychiatry/counselling expenses
• damage to clothing expenses
• security related expenses
• as well as any other related out of pocket expenses

If you would like to know whether you can claim for victims compensation, then please complete the free legal enquiry form.

Special Financial Assistance

Victims of crime may also be entitled to a cash payment called Special Financial Assistance for pain and suffering based on the nature of the crime and injuries sustained.

Other Assistance

Victims of crime may also be entitled to whatever else will assist the victim to recover from the effects of the crime, such as improved home security, self-defence lessons, vocational re-training, academic tutoring, relocation costs, rehabilitative treatment or a holiday.

The Victims Compensation Tribunal of New South Wales is a Government tribunal established to determine the amounts that may be awarded to victims of crime for personal injury in New South Wales, a state of Australia. The Tribunal has exclusive jurisdiction to determine the amount which the Victims Compensation Fund of New South Wales will pay to a victim of crime. With the exception of the ACT this Tribunal is unique in Australia in that it does not notify nominated defendants of Tribunal hearings and therefore does not hear evidence that may exist from such persons.

If you would like to know whether you can claim for victims compensation, then please complete the free legal enquiry form.

Victims Compensation Law & Lawyers Updates

Stabbing in Campbellfield

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 23:58:02 +0000

Hume Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two men with attempted murder following an alleged stabbing in Campbellfield on Thursday 11 February about 1.10pm. The pair, aged thirty and twenty-three-years-old, have each been charged with one count of attempted murder, conduct endangering serious injury and other assault related charges. The charges follow a confrontation between…

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Aggravated Carjacking

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 23:54:22 +0000

Local arrested three people following an aggravated carjacking in Aintree on the 19-02-21. At around 4.00 am police were called to the intersection of Woodlea Boulevard and Leakes Road following reports a taxi driver had been assaulted. The driver picked up a woman and two men in the Ballarat area and agreed to drive them…

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Home Invasion in Mount Martha

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 23:50:08 +0000

Detectives have charged three male youths following an alleged aggravated home invasion in Mount Martha. Two seventeen-year-olds, from Doveton and Narre Warren South, were both charged with two counts of aggravated home invasion, aggravated burglary and five counts of theft of motor vehicle. A fourteen-year-old from Noble Park was charged with aggravated home invasion and…

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Assault in Southbank

Sun, 29 Nov 2020 01:27:54 +0000

Detectives from Echo Taskforce have charged a 45-year-old Southbank man following an alleged serious assault at Queens Bridge Square in Southbank that occurred on 15 November. He has been charged with affray and commit indictable offence whilst on bail.

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Assault in Reservoir

Sun, 29 Nov 2020 01:24:34 +0000

Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a 63-year-old Preston man in relation to a sexual assault which occurred in Reservoir earlier this month. Investigators allege a man approached another man at the Regent Railway Station at about 4.50pm on Monday 2 November. Explicit comments were made towards the victim before he was sexually assaulted.…

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Ballarat Aggravated Burglaries

Sun, 12 Jul 2020 05:35:53 +0000

On the 07-07-20 three teenagers were charged following a series of alleged aggravated burglaries, an attempted theft of motor vehicle and a theft of motor vehicle overnight. The trio were arrested on Albert Street in Sebastopol following reports of an aggravated burglary in nearby Lake Gardens at about 5.30am. All three are males, aged 15…

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Bendigo Affray

Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:14:06 +0000

On the 18-06-20 police have charged three males following an altercation in Bendigo. At about 5.00pm two pedestrians approached the driver in his car at the intersection of Mitchell and Hargreaves streets and allegedly assaulted the driver and struck his car with a machete. The driver drove off, narrowly missing the two pedestrians. Police attended…

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Traralgon Home Invasion

Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:10:22 +0000

Investigators have been told that on the 18-06-20 at about 9.00 pm two offenders gained entry to the Gwalia Street residence and assaulted the victim, leaving a a 37-year-old Traralgon woman with serious injuries who was taken to hospital where she remains in a critical condition. A 19-year-old man and 26-year-old woman were arrested a…

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Police Officers assaulted in Bendigo

Fri, 13 Mar 2020 02:55:35 +0000

On the 7-3-20 at about 10.30pm local police were patrolling along View Street outside a licensed premises when they attempted to arrest a 28-year-old man for being drunk. The Kangaroo Flat man resisted arrest and allegedly assaulted a male Constable. OC spray was deployed however the man allegedly continued to assault the police officer and…

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Stabbing in Port Melbourne

Fri, 13 Mar 2020 02:48:02 +0000

On Monday 9 March 2020 at around 2am two men were involved in an altercation at a licensed premises on Bay Street. A 36-year-old man was stabbed and taken to hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries. Port Phillip Crime Investigation Unit detectives have since arrested a 26-year-old man in Port Melbourne who is currently…

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Aggravated Burglary in Geelong West

Fri, 13 Mar 2020 02:44:41 +0000

On the 12-03-20 at around 3.35am six offenders armed with steel baseball bats forced their way into a home in Geelong West. The male offenders smashed windows and forced entry into the home before making demands for valuables and assaulting the three occupants of the house. Two male victims, aged 28 and 19, were taken…

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Assault in Fawkner

Fri, 13 Mar 2020 02:41:25 +0000

On Saturday 29 February at about 2am an unknown man assaulted the male victim at a McBryde Street address following a minor dispute over damaged property. The offender punched the victim multiple times in the face before fleeing the scene in a taxi with an unknown woman. The 42-year-old victim sustained serious facial injuries during…

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Stabbing in Cranbourne West

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:36:59 +0000

On the 28-02-20 at about 5.15am a stabbing occurred at a residence on Breens Road in Cranbourne West. The victim, a 38-year-old man, was transported to hospital in a serious condition. Police officers from the Southern Metro Fugitive Team and Casey Crime Investigation Unit subsequently arrested three people in relation to an alleged stabbing at…

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Armed Robbery in Hadfield

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:31:15 +0000

On Sunday the 1st March 2020 at about 8.45pm at least three men entered a supermarket on North Street in Hadfield. One of the offenders threatened two shop attendants with a firearm and demanded cash. A struggle then ensued and the firearm being discharged. The shop attendants then managed to hold one of the offenders…

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Armed Robbery in Westmeadows

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:26:30 +0000

On the 2-3-20 during the early morning a female employee was confronted by armed offenders at a licenced premises in Westmeadows. Police officers were called to the venue just after 5am following reports of two people inside the venue armed with firearms. Shortly after police arrived the woman ran from the venue stating she had…

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Shooting in Melton

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 23:02:48 +0000

On 7 February 2020 a 25-year-old Melton man was conveyed to hospital with a gunshot wound. Detectives from the Armed Crime Squad have since charged two men following the shooting. A 28-year-old Tarneit man and a 31-year-old Derrimut man and the pair were remanded in custody to face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.

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Serious Assault in Shepparton

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 22:55:30 +0000

Just before 8pm on Saturday 22 February police investigators believe an assault took place at a house on Poplar Avenue. Police arrested and interviewed a forty-three-year-old Shepparton man in relation to the incident. The victim, a fifty-one-year-old Shepparton man, was airlifted to a Melbourne hospital with serious injuries. The offender was charged with Intentionally Cause…

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Stabbing in South Yarra

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 22:51:55 +0000

Just after 8.00 am on 23 February police arrested a twenty-two-year-old South Yarra man at at a property on Simmons Court and have since charged him with attempted murder, intentionally cause serious injury and recklessly cause serious injury. The victim, a 44-year-old South Yarra man, remains in hospital with serious injuries. The offender has been…

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Carjacking in Carlton

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:11:25 +0000

On the 12-02-20 just after 11am police arrested a 24-year-old man in Avondale Heights following an attempted aggravated carjacking in Carlton on the previous day. The Cranbourne East man is currently assisting police with their enquiries including an armed robbery in Abbotsford on 6 February, an attempted armed robbery in Richmond on 10 February and…

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Carjackings in Geelong

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:07:07 +0000

On the 13-02-20 at about 7am a man threatened a female driver with a bottle on Moorabool Street Geelong before stealing her black Holden Commodore. The Commodore was dumped in Wilsons Road and a second carjacking occurred on the Bellarine Highway in Newcomb just before 8am. A woman aged in her thirties was threatened with…

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Armed Robbery in Melbourne

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:01:31 +0000

On Wednesday 5 February 2020 at about 10.40am a man entered a jewellery store on Collins Street and threatened staff with a syringe and smashed a glass display before stealing a watch worth more than $100,000. The offender was wearing a wig and black rubber gloves and fled the area on a bicycle. The man…

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Armed Robbery in Doveton

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 01:33:26 +0000

On Thursday 16 January 2020 at about 10.30am two male youths, aged fouteen and fifteen, were sitting at a bus stop on Power Road in Doveton. They were approached by a man who pulled a handgun from his pants and demanded the victims’ phones and bags. One of the boys was struck on the back…

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Stabbing in Mordialloc

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 01:29:16 +0000

Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested six teenagers following a stabbing in Mordialloc on the 24-01-20. At about 2.30pm a fifteen-year-old boy was approached by a number of unknown youths on Main Street when they made demands for his property before assaulting him The boy received a stab wound and serious head injuries and…

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Armed Robbery in Delacombe

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 01:25:04 +0000

Detectives from the Armed Crime Squad have arrested two men and are continuing to search for a third following an armed robbery in Delacombe on the 31-01-20. At about 7am two teenage boys were in the Doug Dean Recreational Reserve, Greenhalghs Road when a light-coloured sedan approached them with three men inside. One of the…

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Assault in Wodonga

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 01:21:22 +0000

Wodonga CIU detectives have charged a man following a serious assault in Wodonga on the 06-02-2020. Just before 10pm police attended at an address on Ritter Road and located a 43-year-old man lying in the driveway with a serious head injury.The victim was conveyed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A twenty-five-year-old man was arrested in…

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Armed robbery in Sunshine

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:42:19 +0000

Police have arrested six teenage boys following an armed robbery at a licenced premises in Sunshine on the 12 January 2020. The male offenders entered the Durham Street business about 10.30pm attempting to purchase alcohol but were asked to leave the bottle shop due to their age. One of the teenagers took a slab of…

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Armed Robbery in Carlton

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:38:14 +0000

On Tuesday 17 December police have been told six males approached the two male victims who were walking through the Carlton Garden about 1.45am.The group threatened the 19-year-old victims and made demands for their property then started to frisk them. One of the male offenders produced a knife and the group assaulted the two victims…

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Serious Assault in Moe

Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:01:46 +0000

On the 5th January 2021 about 5.30am police were informed by a resident that an unknown male was acting suspiciously outside a nearby home on Mitchells Street in Moe. A group of men then allegedly confronted the man and a serious assault occurred. A 31-year-old Moe man was airlifted to hospital in Melbourne where he…

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Aggravated Burglary in Brunswick

Thu, 09 Jan 2020 22:56:13 +0000

Sometime between 4am-4.30am on 27 December an occupant of the Grantham Street property in Brunswick was asleep when an unknown male gained access to the unit. The intruder stole a wallet and subsequently used the victims credit card numerous times in Brunswick and Coburg. The offender is described as aged in his 50s, 170cm tall…

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Armed Robbery in Melbourne’s CBD

Thu, 09 Jan 2020 22:52:31 +0000

Police have been told the man entered the Elizabeth Street pharmacy just after 5pm on 19 November where he approached staff stating he had a knife. He made demands for prescription medication before staff handed over a quantity of medication and then fled the store. The male is described as Caucasian in appearance, approximately 30…

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Armed Robberies in Melbourne Western Suburbs

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:03:05 +0000

On the 2-8-19 police arrested eight youths following an investigation into a series of alleged armed robberies in Melbourne western suburbs over the past week. At around 10.10pm detectives came across a HiAce van they suspected was stolen driving along Mossfiel Drive in Hoppers Crossing. Stop sticks were deployed which successfully punctured the tyres of…

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Aggravated Burglary in St Albans

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 23:57:55 +0000

On the 3-8-19 Brimbank Crime Investigation Unit detectives arrested two teenage boys following an alleged aggravated burglary in St Albans earlier that night. Police received reports at around 11.40pm that two youths allegedly armed with knives forced their way into a West Esplanade home. They attempted to take the keys to a car parked at…

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Murder in Portland

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 23:53:47 +0000

On the 6-8-19 Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man following the death of another man in Portland early that morning. A 25-year-old Portland man was arrested around midday today. The arrest follows the death of a local man, believed aged in his 20s, who presented at a Portland hospital with injuries shortly before 12.30am.…

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Aggravated Burglary in Ivanhoe

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 23:49:53 +0000

North-West Metro Serious Crime Taskforce detectives are investigating an aggravated burglary in Ivanhoe on Monday the 5th August 2019 Detectives believe that at about 4.40am three unknown offenders approached the front door of a Malta Street residence armed with firearms . The victim, a 60-year-old man, noticed the men approach and ran from the house.…

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Armed Robbery in Prahran & St Kilda

Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:59:07 +0000

Police made a quick arrest after a man allegedly robbed three convenience stores in Prahran and St Kilda on the morning of the 24-07-19. It is alleged a man armed with a firearm entered a convenience store on Chapel Street in Prahran and made demands for cash just after midnight. The attendant handed over a…

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Assault in Truganina

Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:55:17 +0000

Police are appealing for public assistance after a man was seriously assaulted in Truganina on the 25-07-19. Police have been told the victim, a 49-year-old Lara man, stopped to assist the offenders after they crashed their vehicle in Tilwinda Place at about 12.45am. It is believed when the victim got out of his vehicle, he…

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Assault in Geelong

Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:52:42 +0000

Police have arrested two teenagers following an alleged assault in Geelong which occured at around 9.30pm on the 24-07-19. Investigators believe a teenage boy was assaulted by three others in Moorabool Street Geelong. Video of the alleged incident was posted on numerous social media sites. Two 14-year-old boys from Geelong have been arrested and have…

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Armed Robbery in Morwell

Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:48:57 +0000

A fifty-two-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly robbed a fast-food outlet in Morwell on the 30-07-19. Police have been told a man armed with a knife entered the store on Princes Drive and threatened staff before making demands for cash about 9pm. A staff member handed over cash.The offender attempted to leave the store…

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Assault in Fitzroy

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 23:23:49 +0000

Collingwood Police are investigating after a man was assaulted in Fitzroy on the 9-6-19. Police have been told the victim, a 27-year-old man from Tarneit, was approached by a man outside a business in Johnston Street at approximately 2.20am. The man had a conversation with the victim before kicking him in the stomach and punching…

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Frankston Carjacking

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 23:20:49 +0000

Police have charged three people in relation to an alleged incident in Frankston on the 19-07-19. It is understood the victim, a 68-year-old Langwarrin man, was getting out of his parked vehicle about 3pm near Inglenook Crescent and Havana Crescent when a man allegedly approached him and produced a knife before stealing his vehicle. Police…

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Stabbing in Blind Bight

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 23:17:51 +0000

A man has been arrested following a stabbing in Blind Bight on the 21 July 2019. Police responded to multiple reports of a car seen driving erratically in the area from about 9.45pm. It is believed an alleged altercation occurred between the driver and the occupants of another vehicle which resulted in a man sustaining…

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Assault in Northcote

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 23:14:13 +0000

On the 28 June at about 5.20pm a man was sitting in his parked van on Separation Street when an unknown man wearing a hi-visibility vest approached his van and opened the driver’s side door. The man assaulted the victim before fleeing the scene in a white Toyota Hilux. The attack was unprovoked. The victim,…

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Aggravated burglary in Taylors Lakes

Mon, 06 May 2019 00:00:42 +0000

On the 5-5-19 at around 4.00 am three masked males forced their way into a home located on Tasman Crescent in Taylors Lakes and stole a set of keys to a motor vehicle. The group of offenders were confronted by the occupants of the home and a scuffle ensued before the offenders fled in the…

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Stabbing in Lara

Sun, 05 May 2019 23:59:50 +0000

On the 04-05-19 at around 7.40 pm two groups of youths became involved in an altercation on Walkers Road in Lara, with two men sustaining stab wounds during the incident. A 21-year-old Geelong West man and 18-year-old Corio man attended a nearby service station to seek assistance and were both soon transported to hospital with…

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Carjacking in Preston

Sun, 05 May 2019 23:59:02 +0000

On the 30-04-19 at around 9.10 pm the victim was driving his Nissan Navara with a motorcycle on a trailer attached, out of a petrol station on Bell Street. The offender pulled up next to the victim in a silver Subaru station wagon armed with a weapon and made demands for his vehicle. The victim…

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Armed Robbery in Ararat

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:56:32 +0000

On the 24-03-19 at around 1.30 am a male was walking on the Pyreness Highway in Ararat when he was approached by two unknown offenders who made demands for his wallet and watch. A struggle then ensued with the victim managing to free himself before the offenders fled on foot towards Campbell Street. The victim…

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Armed Robbery in Werribee

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:48:34 +0000

On the 31-03-19 at around 9.30 pm a male offender armed with a firearm and wearing an open-faced balaclava enter the Werribee gaming venue via the Werribee Street North entrance. The offender approached a staff member and made a demand for cash, threatening them with the firearm. The cashier gave the man a quantity of…

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Assault in Geelong

Sun, 17 Mar 2019 23:38:53 +0000

On the 17-03-19 at around 4.30am a fight broke out in front of a kebab shop on Moorabool Street in Geelong. A man from Western Australia, who was passing by at the time, attempted to calm the situation down when he was punched in the head by one of the men involved in the scuffle.…

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Burglaries & stabbing in Clarinda

Sun, 17 Mar 2019 23:37:38 +0000

On the 13-03-19 at around 7.30am an offender broke into a home on Merrigum Crescent in Clarinda was confronted by the home owner and fled empty-handed from the premises. A short time later the offender broke into a home on Clarinda Road where he was again confronted by the home owner. A scuffle occurred and…

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VOCAT

Sun, 17 Mar 2019 23:04:01 +0000

VOCAT is established by legislation to provide financial assistance to victims of violent crime committed in Victoria. We assist victims to recover from a crime by providing financial assistance for expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, as a direct result of the crime. To make a crime compensation application go to victimsofcrime.com.au

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Armed Robbery & Stabbing in Ballarat

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:08:44 +0000

On the 23-02-19 two women entered a store on Mair Street in Ballarat and stole a speaker. As they tried to leave the store they were stopped by security and staff before one woman produced a small knife stabbed the victim before both women fled the scene on foot. The twenty-eight-year-old male victim from sustained…

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Carjacking in Hampton

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:07:15 +0000

On the 17-02-19 at around 4.20 pm a seventy-one-year-old man from Hampton East got into his vehicle which was parked in the shopping centre car park on Bluff Road in Hampton. Two male offenders approached the victim’s vehicle and one of the offenders opened the driver door and pulled the victim out of the white…

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Aggravated burglary in Maribyrnong

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 23:05:56 +0000

On the 14-02-19 at around 3.45am six males forced entry into a house on Fabian Court in Maribyrnong via the rear door. The male resident was soon confronted by the offenders who struck him to the head with a golf club. The offenders, who are perceived to be African in appearance, fled the scene in…

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Armed robbery in Tooradin

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 23:05:09 +0000

On the 12-02-19 at around 3.15am a male entered a service station on South Gippsland Highway in Tooradin and after selecting flavoured milk went to the front counter and asked the shop attendant for a packet of cigarettes. The offender then produced a sawn-off shotgun and threatened the attendant who handed over cash and cigarettes…

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Assault in Caroline Springs

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 23:03:58 +0000

On the 10-02-19 just after midnight a group of around twenty individuals were fighting along Caroline Springs Boulevard in Caroline Springs. Three people were injured during the incident, with two men aged eighteen and twenty-nine-years, taken to hospital with stab wounds. Police executed warrants across the western suburbs following a thorough investigation into the incident…

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Armed Robbery in Berwick

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:23:16 +0000

On the 7-2-19 at around 10.30pm a thirty-four-year-old Berwick male entered a service station on Clyde Road in Berwick. The male offender then produced a handgun and forced the shop attendant to hand over cash before fleeing from the store. Police soon arrested the offender early the following morning at a property on Melrose Court…

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Armed Robbery in Dandenong

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:22:01 +0000

On the 06-02-19 at around 9.20 pm the male offender armed with a firearm robbed a fast food outlet on Princes Highway and stole a small amount of cash. At about 6.40pm the same day the same offender armed with a knife attended a service station on Cheltenham Road again stealing a small amount of…

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Armed Robbery in Terang

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:20:48 +0000

On the 05-02-19 a twenty-three-year-old male attempted to commit an armed robbery at a supermarket on High Street in Terang threatening a victim with a weapon before demanding money. The victim then fought off the offender who fled empty handed. Police soon arrested the offender at a property on Pile Court in Portland and charged him…

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Armed Robbery in Mill Park

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:19:27 +0000

On the 27-01-19 at around 5.15pm a woman entered a High Street petrol station and asked the service station attendant for assistance before producing a knife and demanding cash and cigarettes and then fleeing south along High Street with cash and cigarettes. It is believed that the same female offender on the 8-01-19 at around…

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Armed Robbery in Clayton

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 02:52:55 +0000

On the 11-01-19 a twenty-four-year-old man from Clayton was walking on Haughton Road in Clayton South when he was approached by a man driving a light-coloured SUV. The driver threatened the victim with a knife and baseball bat, demanding his wallet and mobile phone. The victim quickly ran off onto Carinish Road where he came…

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Armed Robbery in Endeavour Hills

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 02:46:15 +0000

On the 20-01-19 at around 6.45am two men approached a twenty-year-old man at a bus stop on Power Road in Endeavour Hills threatening him with a weapon while demanding his wallet. The offenders stole the victim’s wallet and then drove away in a grey 2005-2006 model Toyota Corolla. Police are appealing for witnesses to the…

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Police Assaulted – Melbourne CBD

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 02:41:05 +0000

On the 24-01-19 at about 3.30pm police officers intercepted a vehicle on Collins Street in Melbourne. A police member and his motorcycle were hit by the vehicle as the driver attempted to flee from the scene. Police soon arrested and charged a twenty-year-old male from Dallas with aggravated intentional exposure of police officer to risk…

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Armed Robbery at Northcote Convenience Store

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 00:59:48 +0000

At around 3.30am on the 08-01-19 a woman armed with a knife entered the store on Victoria Road and approached the attendant making demands for cash before stealing the till containing an amount of money. The offender then fled the scene and was last seen running along Separation Street Northcote. She is described as Caucasian,…

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Stabbing at Broadmeadows Shopping Centre

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 00:58:20 +0000

On the 04-01-19 just after 12.00pm a twenty-two-year-old man was assaulted by four males and stabbed in the leg. Police have since charged four people following the armed assault; a seventeen, nineteen, twenty-one and fifteen-year-old, all from Broadmeadows, and with assault related offences. If you have been the victim of a physical assault, armed robbery,…

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Assaults & robberies at Chelsea Beach

Sun, 30 Dec 2018 00:06:52 +0000

On the 27-12-18 between 9.30 pm and 10.00 pm a group of youths were involved in three separate incidents on the Chelsea Beach at Swansea Road in Chelsea. The offenders approached unattended belongings on the beach while swimmers were in the water. A male swimmer confronted the group and was assaulted before the offenders fled…

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Armed Robbery – Avondale Heights Post Office

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 22:49:09 +0000

On the 27-12-18 just after 10.30am a male offender armed with a knife entered the post office on Military Road in Avondale Heights. He threatened the store attendant with the knife demanding money which was handed over and he then fled. The offender was wearing a black, red and silver motorbike helmet, a black leather…

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Security Guard Assault – Melbourne CBD

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 22:47:35 +0000

On the 01-12-18 at about 11.45pm four males offenders became involved in an altercation with security guards outside the Little Bourke Street venue. The offenders assaulted the security guards with skateboards as well as punching and kicking them before fleeing west along Little Bourke Street. A twenty-nine-year-old security guard from Glenroy was taken to hospital…

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Armed Robbery – Blackburn

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 23:45:33 +0000

On the 24-12-18 just after 4.00pm a male offender armed with a firearm entered the post office on Chapel Street, near Railway Road, in Blackburn making demands to staff for cash which was handed over and the offender then fled. The offender was described as being Caucasian, aged twenty to thirty years and around 173cm…

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Road Rage – Greenvale

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 23:43:40 +0000

On the 21-12-18 at around 8.00pm a twenty-year-old male was driving a grey BMW when he became involved in an incident with three unknown male offenders in a grey or silver Mazda CX5. The offenders proceeded to assault the victim on the corner of Mickleham and Barrymore Roads in Greenvale resulting in the victim sustaining…

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Armed Robbery – Geelong West

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 23:42:30 +0000

On the 20-12-18 at around 5.00am an eighteen-year-old Geelong West man was walking near the intersection of Elizabeth and Britannia Streets when he was approached by a male offender who grabbed him and demanded cash. The victim attempted to break away from the offender and was assaulted with what is believed to be a metal…

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Armed Robbery in Glenroy

Sun, 25 Nov 2018 22:57:51 +0000

On the 21-11-18 at around 10.40am three armed male offenders went to a home on Melbourne Avenue in Glenroy driving a white coloured Toyota Hiace van. The offenders, two armed with long-arm firearms and one with a hand gun, forced their way into the premises via a garage door and once inside threatened a twenty-one-year-old…

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Armed Robbery in Melton

Sun, 25 Nov 2018 22:48:27 +0000

On the 23-11-18 at about 5.45 pm a ten-year-old boy and fourteen-year-old boy were playing together at a park on Reserve Road in Melton when they were approached by three other youths. One of the three youths produced an edged weapon and made demands for the fourteen-year-old’s mobile phone before all three assaulted him and…

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Aggravated Burglary in North Bendigo

Sun, 25 Nov 2018 22:29:03 +0000

On the 25-11-18 at around 5.00 am two unknown males gained entry to a home on Bannister Street in North Bendigo but were soon disturbed by a resident aged in his sixties resulting in the offenders fleeing on foot. Police are keen to speak to anyone who may have witnessed two men in Bannister Street…

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Aggravated Burglary in Nerrina

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 23:51:20 +0000

On the 2-11-11 at around 9.40pm three men, two of whom were armed with knuckle dusters and a baseball bat, forced their way into the house on Nerrina Road. A fifty-seven-year-old man and a twenty-four-year-year-old woman were home at the time and managed to wrestle the offenders from the property. The two victims were threatened,…

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Assault in Eltham

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 23:37:11 +0000

On the 11-11-18 sometime between 8.00pm and 8.45pm a woman was walking home along Silver Street in Eltham, after attending the Eltham Festival, when she was assaulted by an unknown person. Occupants of a passing vehicle stopped to assist the woman who was found lying on the ground before driving her to her home in…

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Armed Robbery in Ascot Vale

Sun, 04 Nov 2018 23:33:46 +0000

Detectives from Fawkner Crime Investigation Unit are appealing for public assistance following an armed robbery in Ascot Vale on Friday (26 October). On the 26-10-18 just before 10.30pm a man entered the pharmacy on Union Road in Ascot Vale and approached the counter making demands for the pharmacist to hand over medication. The offender pulled…

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Assault – St Kilda

Sun, 04 Nov 2018 23:27:31 +0000

On the 04-11-18 at around 10.00pm a twenty-three-year-old man was walking along Jacka Boulevard in St Kilda when he was approached by a male offender who demanded his phone and wallet. A gang of about 10-15 males surrounded the victim and assaulted him, stealing his phone. Some thirty minutes later a twenty-five-year-old man in the…

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Assault – Bundoora

Sun, 21 Oct 2018 23:21:21 +0000

On the 14-10-18 at around 12.30am two teenage boys had just left a party at an address on Noorong Avenue in Bundoora when they were approached by 4-5 unknown youths. One of the youths asked one of the teenagers if he could borrow his phone and as he removed the phone from his pocket he…

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Armed Robbery Ararat

Sun, 21 Oct 2018 23:10:57 +0000

On the 21-10-18 at around 12.30am and masked male offender carrying a crow bar entered the bistro area of the gaming venue on High Street in Ararat and soon approached bar staff demanding money. Staff handed over a large amount of cash and the offender fled the scene and was last seen running through the…

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Aggravated Burglary – Brookfield

Sun, 21 Oct 2018 23:00:21 +0000

On the 21-101-18 at around 6.00am three male offenders wearing dark coats with hoods and balaclavas over their faces attempted to gain entry via the front door of a home on Hungerford Drive in Brookfield. The sixty-nine-year-old female resident retreated from the home as the trio attempted to gain entry to the rear of the…

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Armed Robbery – Grantville

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 01:29:45 +0000

On the 08-10-18 at around 10.55 am a male offender entered a bank on Bass Highway in Grantville armed with a knife and hammer. He then proceeded to approach two bank attendants making demands for cash before fleeing empty-handed. The offender was wearing a balaclava, long-sleeved high-visibility polo top and dark track pants at the…

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Review of the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 22:59:29 +0000

In summary, the Commission recommends that the proposed Act provide that the objectives of the Act are to recognise victims, assist victims in their recovery and complement other services provided to victims, and that the proposed Act include further guiding principles emphasising the importance of a beneficial approach that prioritises victims’ needs, safety and wellbeing.…

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Armed Robbery – Bundoora Supermarket

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 00:08:29 +0000

On the 28-09-18 at around 9.30am two masked male offenders entered the supermarket on Grimshaw Street in Bundoora. The offenders approached a staff member, one producing a butterfly knife and the other a kitchen knife, before making demands for cash. The men fled the store with a cash register drawer which was later recovered nearby.…

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Armed Robbery – Altona, Essendon & Burnside

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 00:02:18 +0000

On the 29-09-18 a man armed with a knife attended a service station on Horsburgh Drive in Altona North just before 3.30am and fled with cigarettes. The same offender was involved in an aggravated carjacking on Raleigh Street in Essendon about 11.15am that same morning. Later that day, at around 1.00pm, the offender was involved…

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Carjacking in Morwell

Thu, 04 Oct 2018 23:48:11 +0000

On the 2-10-18 at around 11.45pm a 20-year-old male was parked outside a business on Church Street in Morwell when two armed male teenagers approached his car. The teenage offenders demanded the victim get out of silver Subaru Impreza and they then got in and drove off. The victim was not physically injured during the…

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Robbery – Sunbury Tobacco Store

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 02:14:22 +0000

On the 18-09-18 at around 7.20am three men entered the tobacco store on Evans Street in Sunbury wearing balaclavas over their faces. One offender jumped over the service counter and grabbed the fifty-one-year-old female store attendant by her hair, forcing her to open two registers, while demanding cash. The two other offenders went into a…

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Armed Robbery – Malvern East Taxi Driver

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 02:03:42 +0000

On the 8-9-18 at around 6.30 pm a taxi driver picked up a male on Blackfriars Road in Wantirna and drove him to an address on Dandenong Road in Malvern East arriving at around 7.00pm. When the taxi stopped the offender reached over and grabbed the driver in a headlock, pressing an unknown object to…

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Assault & Robbery – Ringwood

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 04:19:28 +0000

On the 04-09-18 at around 6.30pm a sixty-year-old Ringwood man attended the Ringwood Lake on Maroondah Highway searching for ‘pokemon’ on his mobile phone. He was soon approached by a group of four or five youths on the bridge demanding he hand over his personal belongings. The offenders then proceeded to assault the elderly victim,…

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Armed Robbery & Assault – Glen Iris

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 04:10:52 +0000

Just after midnight on 31 August 2018 a dark-coloured Toyota Coupe containing three men pulled up alongside a male on High Street in Glen Iris. Two males got out of the car and grabbed the victim, causing him to fall to the ground. One of the offenders then walked the victim onto a nearby footbridge…

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Aggravated Burglary – Springvale

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 04:00:13 +0000

Just after midnight on the 10th September 2018 three male offenders broke into a home on Loller Street in Springvale after forcing the front door open. The two occupants, who were woken from their sleep, attempted to barricade themselves in a bedroom but one of the burglars forced a metal pole through the door striking…

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Carjacking – Dallas

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:38:48 +0000

On the 19-08-18 just after midnight a 46-year-old Craigieburn man was sitting in his Mercedes in a supermarket car park on Blair Street in Dallas when two men, both armed with a firearm, exited a nearby vehicle and approached him. The offenders demanded he get out before driving off in his vehicle, while another car…

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Assault – Wangaratta

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:25:49 +0000

On the 21-08-18 at around 3.00pm a woman was assaulted whilst riding her bicycle along a bike path in parkland near Vincent Road in Wangaratta. The unknown man offender approached the victim and grabbed her around the neck, pushing her to the ground, while demanding cigarettes and money. The offender proceeded to punch the victim…

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Home Invasion – Tarneit

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:18:36 +0000

On Friday 17th August 2018 at around 8.20pm a thirty-four-year-old female parked her car in the garage of her Habitat Court home in Tarneit when she was followed inside by four males who proceeded to ransack her home. One of the offenders produced a machete and punched the woman to the face before making demands…

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Assault – Keilor

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:07:45 +0000

On the 23-08-18 just before 7am a 38-year-old man was assaulted with a hammer in a residential driveway on Church Street in Keilor. The victim sustained a laceration to the back of his head and was taken to hospital. A woman and children were present inside the house during the incident but were unharmed. The…

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Kidnapping – Wantirna

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:00:38 +0000

At around 12.30 on the 23-08-18 a male was kidnapped from a residential property in Wantirna and taken to a smash repairs factory in Lilydale where the offenders demanded he give them a motor vehicle under repair at the factory. Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit detectives have since charged a Yarra Junction man with kidnapping,…

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Armed Robberies – Caroline Springs & Sydenham

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 23:54:22 +0000

On the 23-08-18 at around 9.50pm three males entered a restaurant on Lake Street in Caroline Springs armed with metal bars and a meat cleaver. The offenders smashed a number of items as they attempted to steal the cash register but fled empty-handed in a vehicle. Some ten minutes later three males with bandanas covering…

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Assault & Kidnapping – Braybrook

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 01:29:02 +0000

On the 09-08-18 at around 3.00 am two male offenders entered a property on Castley Crescent in Braybrook and demanded cash from a male resident. The offenders then proceeded to seriously assault the victim before taking him from the property. Police were called and soon after arrested two twenty-two-year-old Braybrook men and recovered the victim…

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Armed Robbery & Shooting – Springvale South

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 01:19:46 +0000

On the 08-08-18 just before 4.30 am an offender armed with a firearm entered a convenience store on Springvale Road in Springvale South. The offender approached the front counter and demanded cash from the forty-year-old male staff member who quickly attempted to lock himself in a store room behind the counter but was shot to…

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Armed Robbery – Pakenham

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 01:08:20 +0000

On the 05-08-18 at around 10.30 pm a seventeen-year-old boy and his friend were approached by two unknown males, believed to be aged in their late teens, while at a post office in Pakenham. The pair then followed the victims as they walked along the Pakenham Creek Reserve Trail before producing a knife and demanding…

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Carjacking – Narre Warren

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:58:38 +0000

On the 26-07-18 just after 9.00 pm a fifty-seven-year-old Narre Warren South woman was driving her white VW Golf R along Harrington Drive in Narre Warren when her car was struck from behind by a light-coloured four- wheel drive. The woman got out of her car to check the damage when she was approached by…

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Victims of Crime - Compensation and expenses


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Compensation


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Sexual Assault - Hot Topics 56


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Victim-offender Mediation – Information for lawyers


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VICTIMS OF CRIME


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Financial assistance guide - ACT Policing


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Compensation is available for victims of violent crime - Victims ..


Compensation

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No Fault Compensation Briefing Paper No 6/05


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Legal Dictionary - M to Z - LawAssist : Lawlink NSW


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A GUIDE TO THE MEDIA FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME


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L08, PM pp intro


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The Victims of Crime Chronicle


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Cross-Examining Complainants in Sexual Assault Proceedings ..


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Negligence and Insurance Premiums: Recent Changes in Australian ..


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Crime and victim surveys


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Response to Sexual Assault - Interagency Guidelines for ..


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New South Wales Court of Appeal Decisions - 1996 - Caselaw ..


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Criminal Justice Resource Manual


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4 February 2011


SUBMISSIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN LAWYERS ALLIANCE .. compensation to relatives arising from the negligent death of a person as a result of .. In the UK, where a victim of personal injury dies before his or her claim for ..


Address On The Retirement Of


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Expert Witnesses - The New Era - Supreme Court : Lawlink NSW


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Equal Time


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Supreme Court


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Equal Time


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Lawlink NSW: 6. The Tribunal


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The Repentant Trustee


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THE INTOLERABLE WRESTLE


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Victims of Crime - Compensation from the offender


Compensation

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Schedule 1


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Victims of Crime - Claims in criminal courts


Victims

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Hot Topics 66 - Domestic Violence


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Meeting the Needs of Victims of Crime


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Without Prejudice Issue 25 - Legal Services Commissioner : Lawlink ..


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Standards for Departmental Policies and Procedures


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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DIVISION


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Contents


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Victims of Crime - Director of Public Prosecutions


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Media Statements - Recent Statements


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FAQ - Victims of Crime


Victim

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Equal Time


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Charter of Victims Rights Resource Kit


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Attorney General's opening speech for the Australasian Conference ..


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Lawlink NSW: 9. Information, Education and Training


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Lawlink NSW: Legislation and Policy - Reports, Papers and Guidelines


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Cuts to victims compensation NSW


Victim compensation schemes are important to those Forgotten Australians who .. has also reduced funding for lawyers who act for the victims.


Attorney General's Department of NSW


the Crown Solicitor's Office. Improved management of occupational health and safety has seen a 16 per cent reduction in the workers' compensation premiums ..


Victims and Criminal Injuries Compensation 6.9


Victims and Criminal Injuries Compensation. 6.9. 161. Many submissions seek a re-evaluation of priorities giving greater recognition to the rights of, and the ..


The Politics, Purpose And Reform Of The Law Of Negligence ..


Lawyers are not to be under-estimated in the politics of negligence. Victims' associations are made up largely of persons who have been harmed .. However, the question whether a no-fault system of compensation should be ..


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by J Lloyd - Compensation orders are primarily made in New South Wales under the Victim's. Compensation Act 1987 by the Victim's Compensation Tribunal, which consists ..


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CYBER BULLYING AND THE LAW:


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