Legal groups are cautiously optimistic about the Victorian government plans to strip back the state's tough bail laws, but say more needs to be done.
Under the proposed reforms, the contentious reverse-onus test for bail would not apply to low-level offenders and the unacceptable risk test refined so the potential for minor reoffending cannot be used to refuse it.
Bail laws were strengthened after James Gargasoulas drove into a busy Bourke Street Mall in January 2017, killing six people and injuring dozens more. He was out on bail at the time.
