Police flag ‘grab and drag’ gap as review mulls new offence

President of Liberty Victoria Julia Kretzenbacher said they believed the current offences covered the type of conduct targeted by the proposed laws.

“A ‘grab and drag’ offence would unnecessarily over-complicate the prosecution of this kind of offending,” she said. “It is well known that ‘hard cases make bad law’ and any proposed ‘presumed intent’ offence would undermine the presumption of innocence and flip the burden of proof.”