The changes will be introduced during the current session of parliament and will include:

• Bail will be refused to an accused assessed to be an “unacceptable risk”.
• Those accused of serious offences will bear the onus to “show cause”.
• Bail assessment will include new risk factors including organised crime associations of the accused, victims’ safety concerns the accused’s history on bail or parole.
• The common law presumption of innocence will be supplemented with other considerations such as protection of the community and protecting the integrity of the justice system.
• The existence of the new Bail Act is not a “change of circumstances” to trigger a review of earlier bail decisions.