Labor and Coalition set to oppose ban on shackling during birth

Labor and Coalition set to oppose ban on shackling during birth

Labor and the Coalition are set to oppose Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe's bill to stop women in custody being shackled during childbirth. The government says prisons are mostly a state and territory job; the Coalition says it understands the intent but won't back it. Liberal Senator Paul Scarr criticised the major parties' position.

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