From Conservative Party candidate to spokesman for the lobby group he started 13 years ago.

Garth McVicar is stepping back into the fold, in his former role as the spokesman for justice reform group the Sensible Sentencing Trust.

He says the issue of name suppression is prompting his return.

"I won't accept the level of paedophile and sexual abuse of our children that we currently have, so getting rid of name suppression is part of the reform that's got to happen their.