One important challenge for lawmakers is law reform. The
Gippsland Community Legal Service’s law reform work focusses on challenging
potential and existing unfair laws and practices, and making recommendations
for improvements. 
Laws must reflect the current values and needs of modern
society to ensure they stay fair, relevant and up-to-date as they must serve
the needs of the people.
The law needs to be able to respond to scenarios and
situations which arise in a changing society, such as new types of criminal activity
e.g. constantly changing technology. The
rapid development of mobile phone technology and the internet have provided
lawmakers with new challenges as they have created behaviours such as
e-stalking, sexting and cyber-bullying which a decade ago were unheard of.
Law reform activities focus on: Highlighting the impact of the law on our
community, with particular focus on those who experience social and economic
disadvantage; Recommending changes to the law based on our experiences with the Gippsland community; Highlighting any injustices within the law to the government and other institutions; Raising community awareness of any injustices within the law.
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