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Overnight, Victoria passed it’s tough new bail laws following a mammoth sitting that stretched into the night.

The premier, Jacinta Allan, shared a video to X around 12.30am and said:

We’ve just passed the tough new bail laws, the toughest in the country. And these laws have consequences for people who break the rules, putting community safety first.

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