The Crimes Amendment (Identity Crime) Bill 2008 will insert new offences in the Crimes Act 1958 to deal with the increasing problem of identity theft.The Bill will commence on 1 October 2009 at the latest (assuming it is passed and receives Royal Assent).It creates offences of:Making, using or supplying identification informationPossessing identification informationPossessing equipment used …
Day: March 30, 2009
Common police services
When I wrote my earlier post on the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General, I checked out the link to the Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management - Police.The webpage mentions the National Common Police Services. (But, it's not entirely up-to-date, and even links to one Service that no longer exists!) These Services are yet another …
Spent convictions bill
The current edition of Victoria Legal Aid's Briefcase discusses a Spent Convictions Bill.I know the Commonwealth already has a spent-convictions scheme, as do a few other states. Victoria looked at the issue a few years ago, but I didn't realise there was such a coordinated push to introduce spent-convictions schemes Australia-wide.(Though the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General …