‘Long overdue’: MPs call for review of Victoria’s bail laws that disproportionately affect women

Parliamentary inquiry also calls for raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14

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Mother-of-three Amy believed in the criminal justice system until one day in 2019, when she was arrested by police after being misidentified as an aggressor during a family violence incident.

Amy, who cannot use her surname for legal reasons, was remanded in custody overnight before a bail hearing the following morning.

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