In a bid to better hold perpetrators to account and protect victims, NSW has ruled that good character references will no longer be used to influence sentencing decisions.

Convicted offenders in NSW will soon be unable to rely on a key type of evidence during sentencing, under major new reforms.

Convicted criminals won’t be able to use references from family and friends to get more lenient sentences in NSW, but more widespread change could be hard.

The NSW Government is set to scrap “good character” references in the sentencing for all convicted criminals, in an Australia ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. An extra seven District Court judges will be appointed in NSW amid concerns that the overwhelmed court system is at breaking point, and ...

The New South Wales (NSW) Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that far-reaching anti-protest laws passed by the state’s Labor government earlier this year are invalid, because they breach the implied ...

Investigations are underway into a "major data breach" involving the New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ), after 9,000 sensitive court files, including domestic violence orders ...

All correctional settings in New South Wales now have access to virtual care services. The Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network has worked with Corrective Services NSW, Youth Justice NSW, ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Premier Chris Minns’ chief of staff has won a historic court bid to strike down 124-year-old laws in ...