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Northern Territory government announces urgent bail law amendments in bid to stamp out violent knife crime

NT Attorney-General Chansey Paech and Chief Minister Natasha Fyles have announced that new bail amendments will be introduced into parliament tomorrow. (ABC News: Hamish Harty)

The Northern Territory government has announced it is introducing urgent new bail law changes to try and stamp out a surge in violent knife crime.

NT Attorney-General Chansey Paech said the changes would see "presumption against bail for [anyone alleged to have committed] violent offences with a weapon".

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