The mother of Veronica Nelson, an Aboriginal woman who died while remanded in custody, has condemned the Victorian government’s plan to introduce tough new bail laws, accusing the state premier of insulting her daughter’s memory.
The premier, Jacinta Allan, on Wednesday announced the government would reintroduce the offence of committing an indictable crime while on bail, which had been scrapped in 2023 following a coronial inquest into Nelson’s death.
