Crowds protest Victorian government's proposed bail laws as premier introduces legislation
ABCAbout 200 people have rallied on the steps of state parliament in protest against the government's proposed bail laws, urging it not to push ahead with the changes they say will harm "generations of Victorian children". The state government's first "Tough Bail Bill" passed the lower house on Tuesday afternoon, but the laws are expected to face objections in the upper house from both the Coalition and Greens. In 2023, the Victorian government loosened the state's bail laws, which were labelled an "unmitigated disaster" during the inquest into Veronica Nelson's death in custody. But in February, the Victorian government, responding to community concerns about youth crime, hastily announced a review of Victoria's bail laws in the lead-up to the Werribee by-election, with the premier later conceding the government had "got it wrong".
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