A bill to strengthen Victoria’s bail laws, prevent reoffending and keep the community safe has been introduced to state parliament.
Premier Jacinta Allan, Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny and Police Minister Anthony Carbines introduced the Bail Further Amendment Bill 2025 into Parliament on July 29.
The bill aims to set out a new bail test for people accused of repeat, serious offending to protect Victorian families and deal with repeat, high-harm offending, and create a new second strike rule for people already on bail who are accused of further offending, making it harder for them to get bail.
The state government explained that the tough new test would apply to those on bail for and charged again with aggravated home invasion, aggravated carjacking, armed robbery, aggravated burglary, home invasion, and
carjacking.
“We said we needed to go further under our tough new bail laws to keep Victorians safe and that is what we are delivering,” Ms Allan said.
“Victorians are rightly disgusted with repeated, violent offending. Now, our bail laws are the toughest in the country, because community safety will always come first.”
