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It is time for action to rein in the abuse of the Committal process in Victoria.

Therefore, with minimal disquiet, we welcome the changes proposed by the Government's Attorney General Jaclyn Symes, as reported in the Herald Sun on the 29th of October.

Most of our concerns lay with the failure of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and these changes, increasing the Power of that Office, may be proven detrimental to the administration of Justice in this State.

The acknowledged dichotomy of the role of that Office in determining whether prosecutions should proceed through the Committal process or whether the matter should be dealt with as a direct presentment to a Higher Court for trial seems never to be based on pragmaticism, which should be the core of the decision-making process. 

The activities and performance of the Director of Public Prosecutions have never been far from controversy and...