Mr. Arif Virani at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

I take your points about the preliminary inquiries.

I have two questions. You mentioned that preliminary inquiries serve an educative discovery-like aspect, particularly for unrepresented accused, etc., but what about the traumatic impacts that preliminary inquiries can have, particularly in sexual offence cases?

Second, do you have anything to offer with respect to some of the evidence we've heard about reverse onuses on bail, and how those might impact on women, particularly indigenous women?