Justice
Manandanji woman Dr Lorelle Holland says prioritising prevention over punishment could reduce child incarceration and avoid youth detention costs of up to $3,000 a day per child.
NRL hooker Brandon Smith is "satisfied" after prosecutors withdrew an insider-betting charge due to lack of evidence. But the New Zealander continues to battle an allegation he supplied cocaine to a f...
The Northern Territory Director of Public Prosecutions' (NT DPP) decision to hand the prosecution of Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling over to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) to av...
Former AFL star Nicky Winmar has already been punished by the "erasure" of his accolades and statue, his lawyer argued as he pushed for his client to avoid jail time.
A Samoan rugby league player who died of heat exhaustion at pre-season training contributed to his death by not managing his weight and diet in the off-season, his former club says.
A new campaign calling for enforceable national minimum standards to protect the human rights of children in custody has been launched. Coming in the wake of Closing the Gap data showing the rate of I...
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service has raised concerns about the Productivity Commission's latest Closing the Gap data. Released on Wednesday evening, the Commission's 2026 Closing the Gap report...
A former Catholic bishop invited an Indigenous teen to his home for a barbecue and then inappropriately touched him, a jury has been told. Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Alan Saunders is fighting...