Justice
Bail reforms won’t mean ‘magistrate shopping’: Attorney-General
The Andrews government on Tuesday introduced its long-awaited bail bill to reform the state’s controversial laws.
- by Rachel Eddie
Latest
Bail reform timeline halved as new bill enters parliament
The Andrews government will on Tuesday table its long-awaited reforms to the state’s bail laws after a coroner said earlier this year that the current system breached human rights.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
‘What happened to Veronica should never happen again’
Veronica Nelson’s partner and legal experts are calling for urgent bail law reform to prevent further Indigenous deaths in custody as a year-long wait looms for changes.
- by Jack Latimore, Broede Carmody and Rachel Eddie
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Victorian Parliament
Bail reforms aimed at fixing ‘disaster’ law face one-year wait
A coroner found Victoria’s bail laws breached the human rights charter, but a 12-month delay looms for implementing change.
- by Rachel Eddie
Murder charge laid after elderly Warnbro man found dead in home
Police said the victim and the accused were known to each other.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Assisted dying schemes do not protect doctors from prosecution: A-G
Lawyers for Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus say it is illegal to use a “carriage service” to facilitate suicide - even in state-regulated euthanasia schemes.
- by Sean Parnell
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Liberal Party
Hate ‘cancel culture’? Stop spending so much on prisons then, Liberal says
The Liberals should embrace rehabilitation rather than an expensive tough-on-crime approach, argues Victorian MP Evan Mulholland.
- by Rachel Eddie
Opinion
Lehrmann trial
Mutually assured misery of Higgins case is rough justice for all
There are no winners in this brutal case, but nothing justifies the public rubbishing of the complainant’s privacy.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Analysis
Banksia Hill
McGowan used to sympathise with FASD kids, now he’s labelling them terrorists
Opponents have accused Premier Mark McGowan of using the troubles at Banksia Hill Detention Centre as a ‘political football’, with his rhetoric on the issue changing dramatically after winning two elections.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Violence
Victoria’s deadliest weapon is at the centre of a youth ‘madness’ wave
Household knives have become the weapon of choice among young Victorians in a worrying trend identified by police, healthcare specialists and community groups.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola, Chris Vedelago and Erin Pearson
Perth police officer guilty of assault after dragging, kicking woman during arrest
Alister Swift strongly denied any wrongdoing throughout his two-week trial, which saw his own policing partner give evidence against him.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt