MEMBER for Northern Victoria Tania Maxwell says reform is needed to ensure "genuine" mandatory sentencing for assaults on emergency service workers.

The Derryn Hinch's Justice Party MP re-instated her call for changes to Victorian law following last month's County Court decision to uphold James Haberfield's non-custodial sentence for a vicious January 2019 attack on two paramedics.

The 22-year-o...