Prosecutors are fighting alleged police killer David Eastman's bid to get his bail conditions relaxed.
Mr Eastman's conviction for the 1989 murder of Australian Federal Police assistant commissioner Colin Winchester was quashed last month and he was released from prison.
But the murder charge remains, with the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) still to decide whether to hold another trial.
Mr Eastman was released on August 22 after reluctantly agreeing to a series of bail conditions, including that he notify police of travel plans, not approach anyone on a list of some 200 people and that he not apply for a passport.
Since then he's remained out of public view at an unknown address.
Mr Eastman wasn't present in court on Thursday but his lawyer Louise Taylor called for bail conditions to be relaxed.
DPP counsel Margaret Jones opposed easing the conditions, but accepted some minor changes, including reducing the list of people Mr Eastman can't contact to just over 100 names.
She said the prosecution was concerned that Mr Eastman could return to his behaviour before his 1995 trial when he allegedly used information from the electoral roll to make contact with witnesses and others involved in his case.
The court will hear detailed arguments from both sides on September 17.
Mr Winchester, the most senior policeman to be murdered in Australia, was shot dead at his Canberra home on the night of January 10, 1989.
Earlier this year, an inquiry into Mr Eastman's trial concluded there had been a miscarriage of justice and recommended his conviction be quashed.
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