There's also going to be an expansion of the grounds for detention, which is quite significant. The tertiary ground will be expanded so that courts are looking at outstanding charges and determining whether confidence in the administration of justice will be undermined.
I think that historically courts tended to focus, the way they're looking at it, on whether there is a pattern of behaviour. Are there past convictions? What we've heard, and what the minister has heard also, is that there are concerns that people are being released, and then they're caught again and they're back in the system. The government thinks that ensuring that courts are taking into account factors such as outstanding charges would make a difference in this bill. Expanding the tertiary ground is one way this bill will do that.
