Justice
Bail laws to be split to cope with influx of prisoners
Bail reform in Victoria will be staggered to allow the system to prepare for an influx of people on remand.
- Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
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Machetes banned, police stop-and-search powers expanded in crime crackdown
Jacinta Allan is expected to make more announcements on crime to increase police powers and deter people from showcasing their crimes on social media.
- Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Daniella White
Inside the pay deal that rocked Victoria Police and claimed a chief commissioner
Relief at police voting in favour of a new EBA is only papering over the deep chasms that have opened up between Victoria Police, the union and the government.
- Chris Vedelago
Death of the first innocent: How the government bungled the tobacco war
Police say Katie Tangey’s death was entirely predictable as violent organised crime gangs fought their tobacco turf war.
- Chris Vedelago, Marta Pascual Juanola and Rachel Eddie
Zoe said that adults don’t always know best. Mark Latham savaged her
The NSW Advocate for Children and Young People isn’t afraid to weigh into some of the most controversial issues of importance to the state’s young people.
- Deborah Snow
The juror who asked a Ouija board for answers and other impanelled shenanigans
Everyone has a right to be judged by a jury of their peers, but sometimes the peers also get up to no good.
- Sherryn Groch
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- Crime
High-tech bail service had head office at door-handle factory
The warning signs that BailSafe might not be the professional operation it claimed to be came just a year after it began operations.
- Chris Vedelago, Rachel Eddie and Hannah Hammoud
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- Victorian Parliament
Victorian bail laws set for another review, but Allan denies move prompted by Labor’s woes
The premier says “all laws” will be considered in the latest review of the state’s bail laws. But she was unable to answer basic questions on the scope of the coming assessment.
- Rachel Eddie
Boy, 15, accused of slashing man with machete in St Kilda shows ‘no sign of slowing down’
A teenager who allegedly slashed a stranger across the head with a machete on a busy St Kilda street to steal a car wants to be freed on bail following an alleged nine-month crime spree.
- Erin Pearson
WA’s notorious Unit 18 should close despite positive changes, review finds
There have been significant improvements in the management of young people in detention, a new review has found – but Unit 18 should still close.
- Holly Thompson
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