Benita Kolovos

The Victorian government will introduce a stand-alone coercive control offence in 2026, marking a major policy reversal after the new opposition leader, Jess Wilson, made the reform her first election commitment. Wilson last week announced she would creat... See more

Victorian police could get sweeping powers to search children without a parent and people with intellectual disabilities without an independent adult present in designated areas under a state government bill cracking down on protests. The justice legislat... See more