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Coroner refers prison health contractor to Director of Public Prosecutions over death in custody

Changes to Victoria's strict bail laws could come into effect this year as pressure mounts following a coronial inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman.

Ahead of coroner handing down findings into death of Veronica Nelson, her partner says she ‘shouldn’t have been in jail’

The Victorian government is considering reforming the state's bail laws as the coroner prepares to release his findings into the death of Veronica Nelson.

Victoria's legal community anticipates the inquest will recommend an overhaul of the state's bail laws, which were toughened in the wake of the 2017 Bourke Street car attack.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says we’ll hear more detail on the Voice to Parliament after the referendum working group meets on February 2, and 29 Indigenous Australians died in custody last year. (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following mentions a person who has died.)

Victoria will stop outsourcing health care across the state's women's prisons to a for-profit provider, conceding it hasn't always been up to scratch.

The state government will end outsourcing of health care for female prisoners to a for-profit company, admitting the current arrangement "hasn't always" fulfilled duty of care.