Advocacy and Submissions

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VOCAL, A voice for change

VOCAL regularly receive Government Consultation requests to provide written and verbal submissions to the Federal and NSW Government around legislative change on issues important to victims of crime. Your voice is essential in creating systemic change on issues relating to victim-survivors of crime, and at these times we reach out to our members to see if anyone is interested in sharing their experience of that particular issue.

All submissions made by VOCAL are available to view and download below.

February 2025: Submission to the NSW Sentencing Council Review of good character in sentencing
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February 2025: Submission to NSW Government Establishing an Independent Victims Commissioner
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January 2025: Submission to NSW Government Proposal to reform the victim registration process
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June 2024: Australian Law Reform Commission Justice Responses to Sexual Violence
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February 2023: NSW Law Reform Commission Serious Road Crime
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February 2023: Access to offenders’ superannuation for victim- survivors of child sexual abuse
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November 2022: Fraud
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July 2022: Statutory Review of the Victims' Rights and Support Act (2013)
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December 2021: Improving the Competency and Accountability of Family Report Writers
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July 2021: Review of Sentencing Practices for Historical Offences
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June 2021: Family Law Amendment (Federal Family Violence Orders) Bill 2021
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April 2021: Submission to the National Office for Child Safety. A National Strategy to prevent child sexual abuse.
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January 2021: Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Coercive Control. Coercive Control in Domestic Relationships
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January 2020: NSW Sentencing Council – Homicide Submission.doc
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January 2020: The Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System
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May 2019: Access to Court and Tribunal Information
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January 2019: Consent in relation to sexual offences
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February 2018: Review into Royal Prerogative of Mercy
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November 2017: Victims’ involvement in sentencing
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October 2017: Strengthening child sexual abuse laws in NSW
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July 2017: Amendments to the High Risk Offenders Act
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July 2017: Preliminary – victims’ involvement in sentencing
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