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Premier vows responsibility to ‘make the necessary changes’ after state coroner recommended urgent review of bail act

There will be a greater distinction between violent and non-violent offenders in bail reforms to be introduced in Victoria in the first half of 2023.

Albanese government launches $300m arts sector overhaul which includes minimum pay for professional artists and a crackdown on fake Indigenous art

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Coroner refers prison health contractor to Director of Public Prosecutions over death in custody

Victorian coroner Simon McGregor has described the conditions in the lead-up to the 37-year-old Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman's death as "harrowing", while labelling the state's bail laws a "complete and unmitigated disaster".

A coroner has declared Veronica Nelson's death preventable, called for bail law reform and found corrections had failed to provide her with adequate healthcare.

A Victorian coroner will deliver his finding into the death in custody of Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson following a five-week inquest.

When coroner Simon McGregor hands down his findings on Monday the government is going to have no choice but to act

Changes to Victoria's strict bail laws could come into effect this year as pressure mounts following a coronial inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman.

Ahead of coroner handing down findings into death of Veronica Nelson, her partner says she ‘shouldn’t have been in jail’