📋 Judicial discretion in community sentencing
← All policies"Community sentencing" covers penalties served in the community rather than in prison (e.g. community work, supervision). "Judicial discretion" here means how much freedom a judge has to choose between sentencing options, rather than being bound to a fixed rule.
48% support in the most recent vote
How each party has stood on this policy over time. On a 🔄 Aye = against vote, whoever voted Aye is shown as opposing the policy, not supporting it. 🙋 Conscience vote rows show which way most of that party's MPs voted, plus what % voted Aye in the House.
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Sentencing (Community Sentencing to Fit the Crime) Amendment Bill
✕ Failed
16 Mar 2005
· First reading
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✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes | ✕ Opposes | ✓ Supports | ✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes | ✕ Opposes | ✓ Supports |