Bail Laws
A historic Treaty signing — the first in the country's history — and the delivery of a monumental truth-telling report has been bookended by controversial law reforms and claims of betraya...
State and territory governments have been urged by their own officials to overhaul bail laws to help reduce the climbing incarceration rates of Indigenous people and meet key Closing the Gap targets.
Victoria's prisons are holding record numbers of people who haven't been sentenced, with more than one in three inmates now behind bars awaiting trial or sentencing — nearly double the proportio...
The raising of the age of criminal responsibility in Victoria to 12 officially came into effect on Tuesday, but Aboriginal and human rights groups continue to say the reform fall short of what is need...
The passing of Victoria's second tranche of bail reforms will push vulnerable people into prison and further criminalise disadvantage, advocates have warned.
A coalition of Indigenous and legal organisations has criticised Victoria's proposed second tranche of bail reforms, calling it a politically motivated "tough on crime" response that targets marginali...
A rally on the steps of Victorian Parliament has heard personal accounts of incarceration and fears for the future as the state government tabled further bail reforms inside on Wednesday.
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) has called for the suspension of Commonwealth funding for remote policing and justice operations in the Northern Territory, warning it is the onl...
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A coalition of justice groups has warned the second tranche of Victoria's bail law reforms, due to be introduced to Parliament in July, is a disaster waiting to happen.
Extreme laws and policies are having a disproportionate impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, legal experts have said. In an online forum hosted by the National Aboriginal and Torr...
It is clear what matters most for the Victorian government in the justice space is doubling down on areas that have failed in the past, the state's peak Indigenous legal organisation says.
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Alliance has expressed "deep concern and disappointment" at the Victorian government's 2025 State Budget, which allocates over $1 billion for...