3 Apr 2023

Courts increasingly ignoring police opposition to bail - National

From Morning Report, 6:08 am on 3 April 2023

National says courts are increasingly ignoring police oppposition to bail - and the government's approach to the justice system is to blame.

The party has released numbers showing in 2018, bail was granted despite opposition 2061 times, but by 2022, that number had more than doubled to 5084.

National Party police spokesperson Mark Mitchell spoke to Corin Dann.