The Latest Breaking News from Veronica Nelson

Advocates urge overhaul of laws to ensure people aren’t needlessly funnelled into jail

Premier vows responsibility to ‘make the necessary changes’ after state coroner recommended urgent review of bail act

Victorian coroner Simon McGregor has described the conditions in the lead-up to the 37-year-old Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman's death as "harrowing", while labelling the state's bail laws a "complete and unmitigated disaster".

A coroner has declared Veronica Nelson's death preventable, called for bail law reform and found corrections had failed to provide her with adequate healthcare.

A Victorian coroner will deliver his finding into the death in custody of Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson following a five-week inquest.

When coroner Simon McGregor hands down his findings on Monday the government is going to have no choice but to act

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.