Across the uk this weekend but a little bit of a change in the way things feel some fresher air blowing in from the north. More on the way things are looking in a few moments. Its saturday the 6th ofjuly. Our top story murderers who refuse to reveal the location of a victims body could be forced to spend longer in prison under a new law. The legal change, known as helens law, follows campaigning by the mother of helen mccourt, who was killed in 1988 but whose body was never found. Ben ando reports. For 31 years, Marie Mccourt has been fighting for helens law, named after her daughter who was just 22 when she was abducted and murdered in 1988. Her killer, pub landlord ian simms. He has never reveal the whereabouts of helens body. Marie led a campaign demanding that murderers who refused to disclose the whereabouts of a victims remains spend longer behind bars. In 2016, mps voted in favour of helens law, but it did not receive government backing until now. Withjustice secretary david gau
The federal government has been heavily criticised by the domestic, sexual and family violence response sector following its budget. Today its "rapid review" of how to best prevent violence against women will begin in Sydney.