The Andrews Labor Government today introduced new public order laws and harsher penalties to stamp out violence at protests or public events.

New laws preventing courts from using community correction orders (CCOs) as a sentencing option for the most serious crimes, such as rape and murder, come into force today.

Victorians are adopting retired greyhounds in record numbers according to new figures from Greyhound Racing Victoria.

The Andrews Labor Government is calling on the Commonwealth Government to reverse its cruel cuts to Victorian community legal services.

Racegoers will get the chance to experience the luck of the Irish this Friday, 17 March, when the Moonee Valley Racing Club holds its St Patrick’s Day race meeting.

Racegoers will enjoy a Super Saturday at the Flemington Racecourse today for the 2017 Grazing Trail & Cellar Door race meeting.

Harness racing will return to Birchip for the first time in more than a decade this weekend, thanks to support from the Andrews Labor Government.

Victims of family violence will be better protected under new legislation introduced in Parliament today by the Andrews Labor Government.

The grass will be greener at Edenhope racecourse thanks to a $75,000 funding injection for a new irrigation system and race day attractions for the Edenhope Cup on Saturday 11 March.

It will be history in the making tonight when harness and thoroughbred racing join forces for the first ever Dual Code Cup race meeting at Cranbourne.

Experience in family violence and prosecutions has been prioritised in the appointment for four new magistrates by the Attorney General Martin Pakula.