A second Australian state has pledged to make a big change to its court system – following the lead of NSW.

This week, NSW was announced as the first jurisdiction to end the use of good character references in the sentencing of convicted criminals, with the government introducing new reforms to amend the ...

A survivor of clerical abuse is calling for the Justice Minister to end or limit the use of character references in court cases, particularly in relation to sexual offences against children. Tony ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New South Wales is set to become the first jurisdiction in the country to end the use of good character references in the ...

Victorian Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny is examining a NSW government push to ban the controversial references following pleas from child sexual abuse survivors who say the mechanism is ...

Convicted offenders will no longer be able to lean on “good character” evidence in sentencing proceedings with the Minns government to abolish the mitigating factor to reduce “re-traumatising” victims ...