This advice deals with broader systemic issues that arise directly out of the consideration of the operation of the bail system. At the moment, the greatest individual difficulty in the operation of bail and remand matters in the Magistrates’ Court is the failure to produce accused at court. The changes recommended in this report should...

The provisions relating to bail in Victoria are already very strict. I do not consider that the Bail Act 1977 (the Bail Act) needs a major overhaul in terms of its theoretical underpinnings. In particular, I consider that there should continue to be a general presumption for bail, subject to the reverse onus and unacceptable...