The Allan government has blocked an opposition bid to scrap suspended sentences for child sex offenders.
The opposition on Wednesday moved to amend laws to prohibit courts from being able to impose suspended sentences for those convicted of historical sex offences.
Suspended sentences were abolished in 2013 but can still be applied to those convicted of crimes pre-dating that time.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in 2017 recommended changes to the law.
Shadow Attorney-General Michael O’Brien said Labor MPs “voted to block a proposed law from the Liberals and Nationals to close this loophole – even though Labor agreed to do it six years ago.”
He said Victorians deserved “to know why their Labor MP voted to keep suspended sentences for convicted child sex offenders.”
