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Annette Lin

Knife crime targeted in NT bail reforms

The knife crime changes come amid a public outcry, after the fatal stabbing of a bottle shop worker. (Annette Lin/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

People who commit knife crime in the NT will have their automatic right to bail revoked after the NT government passed new bail laws.

The new legislation will revoke the presumption of bail for people committing crimes with prohibited weapons, even if they are not holding the weapon themselves.

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