Attorney general comfortable with the status quo, while youth advocates dismiss new plan for electronic monitoring of offenders
Victorian attorney general, Jaclyn Symes, says she has not been convinced that changes to children’s bail laws are needed.Victorian attorney general, Jaclyn Symes, says she has not been convinced that changes to children’s bail laws are needed.
She said her organisation had worked with the government for five years “in good faith” on the bail and youth justice law changes and were told in late February that the bail reforms were going ahead.“We are devastated that we trusted the Allan government and they have completely betrayed abused and traumatised children in the hope it will win them votes at the next election. I wonder if it’s worth it in the end?” Waight said.
Under the trial, courts would be able to order those young people to be subject to electronic monitoring as part of their bail conditions. If non-compliance is detected such as breaching curfew, the electronic monitoring will alert authorities and police will be able to file for bail to be revoked. “Electronic monitoring has been tried a million times. It does not work. It is a failed idea that only the most desperate politicians cling to when they are too scared to make the right decision,” she said.
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