Tough new bail laws in Vic before Xmas
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Tougher bail laws will be in force before Christmas, according to Victoria's attorney-general.
He made the statement after an off-duty policeman suffered a severed nerve and lost all feeling above his eyebrows after he was stabbed between the eyes during a violent home invasion in Melbourne.
Attorney-General Martin Pakula says the government is "fast tracking" the laws which create new home invasion and carjacking offences that include a presumption against bail.
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A 19-year-old has been arrested over the attack and will face court on Thursday.
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