PoliticsLabor and Coalition set to reject bill banning shackling women in childbirth

Labor and the Coalition are expected to reject a bill barring shackling incarcerated women during childbirth and preventing strip-searches of children. The government says criminal justice is mainly a state and territory responsibility. Liberal senator Paul Scarr condemned the practice and said he would raise it with Queensland attorney general Deb Frecklington.

Australian politicsincarcerated womenshackling in childbirthLidia Thorpe

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