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The 2022 Bail Act Reforms
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In June 2022, the NSW Parliament passed the Bail Amendment Act 2022, introducing new reforms, specificially requiring bail to be "refused following conviction and prior to sentencing where the offender will be sentenced to full-time detention, unless special or exceptional circumstances can be established". We sit down with The Honourable Justice Bellew as we discuss his experience with judging one of the first bail application under the reforms, and the potential effects these reforms can have on the future of Australian law.
(0:00) Introduction of Bail Act Changes
(4:27) Interview with Bellew J Begins
(5:50) Bail Applications since Reforms
(6:25) The Neil Duncan Case
(9:36) The Reforms
(11:46) The word "will"
(12:39) Role of the Media
(14:07) The Connection of Sex Offences
(15:01) Retrospectivity (and the lack thereof) in the Duncan Case
(19:25) Retrospective Cases
(20:24) Effect of Reforms on Court Resources
(23:14) Effect on Early Appropriate Guilty Pleas
(26:15) "Infelicity of Drafting"
(27:38) Presumption of Innocence
(30:00) Show-Cause Inconsistencies
(30:50) Final Advice
(31:40) Outro
Featuring: The Hon. Justice Geoffrey Bellew
Hosts: Tamsyn Bellew, Brandon Velleley
Producers: Nick Leavenworth, Tamsyn Bellew, Veronica Lenard, Brandon Velleley
Executive Producer: Jacinda Yang
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