[Greens-Media] MEDIA ALERT: Bail reforms under the microscope TODAY 12pm

[Kym Chapple]

MEDIA ALERT: Bail reforms under the microscope

Former DPP Nick Cowdery will join a panel review of the politics and principles behind the Bail Act review.

WHEN:            12 noon Thursday 31st July
WHERE:           Macquarie Room, NSW Parliament House
WHO:              Former DPP Nicholas Cowdery, President of the Bar Association Jane Needham, Professor Julia Quilter, Greens MP David Shoebridge

Come hear Nicholas Cowdery, the NSW Bar Association and Professor Dr Julia Quilter discuss the current review of the Bail Act. We will hear about how we got the current bail act, how it has been applied in the courts, and what we know so far about how it is working.

This is an essential forum to be informed on bail law in NSW with Parliament likely to consider legislative reforms in the coming weeks.

Media contact for David Shoebridge: 0408 113 952 or 9230 3030


Kym Chapple
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Office of Greens MP David Shoebridge
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