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| New laws aimed at keeping Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue behind bars are a priority for the last week of parliament, the Victorian opposition says. | New laws aimed at keeping Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue behind bars are a priority for the last week of parliament, the Victorian opposition says. |
| Craig Minogue will be eligible for parole in January, but the premier, Daniel Andrews, has promised new laws that mean he won’t ever get out of jail. | Craig Minogue will be eligible for parole in January, but the premier, Daniel Andrews, has promised new laws that mean he won’t ever get out of jail. |
| “Anybody who takes the life of a member of our Victoria Police force will not be eligible for any parole whatsoever,” Andrews told reporters on 23 November. | “Anybody who takes the life of a member of our Victoria Police force will not be eligible for any parole whatsoever,” Andrews told reporters on 23 November. |
| Minogue killed a policewoman and injured 22 people in the 1986 Melbourne bombing, before going on to kill another man in jail. | Minogue killed a policewoman and injured 22 people in the 1986 Melbourne bombing, before going on to kill another man in jail. |
| If the new laws don’t get introduced into parliament and passed this week, they won’t be gazetted in time to stop Minogue’s parole application. | If the new laws don’t get introduced into parliament and passed this week, they won’t be gazetted in time to stop Minogue’s parole application. |
| The opposition leader, Matthew Guy, said the laws were the most pressing issue for the final week of parliament for the year. | The opposition leader, Matthew Guy, said the laws were the most pressing issue for the final week of parliament for the year. |
| “If the government doesn’t bring this through then Craig Minogue, the Russell Street bomber, could apply for parole in January, before the parliament reconvenes,” Guy told reporters on Monday. “It should be a priority.” | “If the government doesn’t bring this through then Craig Minogue, the Russell Street bomber, could apply for parole in January, before the parliament reconvenes,” Guy told reporters on Monday. “It should be a priority.” |
| The government is also set to release its response to the parliamentary inquiry into end of life choices, which earlier in the year recommended legalising assisted dying. | The government is also set to release its response to the parliamentary inquiry into end of life choices, which earlier in the year recommended legalising assisted dying. |