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Media and comment on Vic government bail anouncement 20-3-24 

Vic Government’s media release here: Community Safety At The Core Of Youth Justice Plans | Premier of Victoria.

Media articles in the The Age and ABC.

National Indigenous Times: https://nit.com.au/20-03-2024/10381/outrage-after-victoria-ditches-plans-to-give-children-presumption-of-bail

Australian Lawyers Alliance : https://www.miragenews.com/reversal-of-youth-bail-law-in-victoria-will-1198838/

Human Rights Law Centre  Human Rights Law Centre

Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service   Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service

Victoria Legal Aid   our response to the government’s announcement today.