Major staff cuts on table at Victorian magistrates court, threatening Allan government’s crime crackdown

Leaked documents show it is proposed that 24 out of 92 staff from the Victorian magistrates court’s corporate services department are made redundant. Photograph: Mal Fairclough/AAP

The Victorian magistrates court is considering cutting more than a quarter of its backroom staff despite its workload likely increasing as the Allan government presses ahead with “tough on crime” policies.

Leaked documents show it is proposed that 24 out of 92 staff from the courts’ corporate services department are made redundant, including those working in family violence and legal policy areas.