‘Dereliction of duty’: Coalition tries to push through DV bail laws without reading them

The NSW Coalition’s most senior law officer, Alister Henskens, has been accused of displaying a “dereliction of duty” after he tried to rush new domestic violence bail laws through the state parliament before even reading the bill.

Shadow attorney-general Alister Henskens said the Coalition wanted new bail laws to pass parliament by Thursday.The bill had not yet been tabled to parliament when Henskens, the shadow attorney-general, argued that there was no time to waste in toughening bail laws. He later said he had seen the government’s press release outlining the changes and knew the bill would not be controversial or lengthy.

Greenwich said he had been in parliament for “five premiers, five leaders of the opposition and four different parliaments”, and he had never seen a proposal with “such disrespect to stakeholders in this space”. Domestic violence support groups, including Say No to Violence, had also asked that the new laws be “considered properly” before being passed.On Tuesday, the Minns government announced a series of sweeping changes designed to make it harder for men accused of serious domestic violence offences to be released back into the community.

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