Victorian government must overhaul bail laws to create ‘meaningful’ change, legal groups say
Advocates concerned after Daniel Andrews suggested looking at offence types rather than scrapping controversial 2018 changes
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Changes to Victoria’s bail laws would be nothing more than cosmetic if the government does not scrap the “reverse onus” bail provisions that have led to a near doubling of Aboriginal women in custody, legal groups have warned.
The Victorian government has committed to reforming the Bail Act after a damning coroner’s report into the death in custody of Veronica Nelson found it was “incompatible” with the state’s charter of human rights and discriminatory towards First Nations people.
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