Veronica Nelson
Controversial new Victorian bail laws have passed Parliament, despite opposition from human rights, Indigenous and legal groups. The laws, which the government admits will see a significant rise in th...
Tuesday would have been Veronica Nelson's 43rd birthday. As protestors gathered on the steps of Victoria Parliament to protest the state's new, "knee-jerk" bail laws, which Premier Jacinta Allan admit...
A protest against new "Trumpian" bail laws will be held in front of Victorian Parliament on Tuesday afternoon as Indigenous, legal, and human rights groups continue to condemn laws they say will only...
New bail law proposals in Victoria will come into effect in two stages, the government says. Premier Jacinta Allan, attorney-general, Sonya Kilkenny, and police minister, Anthony Carbines, expanded on...
New bail laws in Victoria will lead to greater criminalisation of Aboriginal and other marginalised communities, and more people dying in custody, an open letter says, as the Victorian government face...
The democratically elected body for First Nations people in Victoria say the state government risks implementing the mistakes of the past with its recent bail law changes.
Sending more people to prison is short-sighted, costly, and will do nothing to address community fears around safety, experts have said. Coming in the wake of the Victorian government's decision to st...
The Commonwealth needs to pull more levers to force state and territory governments to help close the gap, independent Senator Lidia Thorpe. Senator Thorpe's comments come after Victoria announced swe...
The Victorian government has ignored expert advice and is pursuing a "colonial agenda" in introducing stricter bail laws, the peak Indigenous legal organisation in the state says.
The Victorian Premier has said changes to bail laws in Victoria after the death of Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson were, in hindsight, "wrong".
The Victorian government is set to implement alterations to bail laws less than a year after they were changed in the wake of a concerted campaign by conservative media and the police.
Victoria's former top cop acknowledged the state's former bail laws directly led to the death of Indigenous women Veronica Nelson despite allegedly recently pushing for the laws to be strengthened aga...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name and image of Indigenous people who have died. Less than one year after new bail laws came into effect in V...