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Politics
Tara Cosoleto and Callum Godde

Vic to outlaw 'grossly offensive' conduct

A new Victorian offence criminalising grossly offensive public conduct is unlikely to be used by police but will close a gap in the system, the state's attorney-general says.

The proposed law, introduced to parliament on Wednesday, was developed in response to Melbourne's Eastern Freeway crash in April 2020 that killed four police officers.

Porsche driver Richard Pusey pleaded guilty to charges including outraging public decency by filming a dying Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor.

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