Labor’s ‘devastating’ bail laws overhaul sparks outrage from legal, human rights and First Nations groups in Victoria

Proposed changes, which include scrapping principle of remand as last resort' for youth, condemned as backwards step'

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Legal, human rights and First Nations groups have condemned the Victorian government's overhaul of the state's bail laws, which will force courts to treat children accused of serious crimes like adults when deciding whether to remand them or release them into the community.

The premier, Jacinta Allan, on Wednesday announced proposed changes to the Bail Act that would result in more unsentenced people being remanded in custody.