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WA Justice Department objects to former minister Bill Johnston appearing at Cleveland Dodd inquest
The Western Australian Department of Justice has objected to former Corrections...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Oct 2024
Mines minister fronts industry after backflip on law
Trust has not been broken after a backflip on cultural heritage protection laws...
Marion Rae 9 Aug 2023
New Minister urged to embrace Aboriginal leadership on youth justice crisis
Western Australia will have a new Minister for Corrective Services after Bill Jo...
Giovanni Torre 7 Jun 2023
WA floods force change in plans for embattled Corrective Services minister's holiday replacement
Embattled Western Australian Corrective Services Minister Bill Johnston will tem...
Giovanni Torre 6 Jan 2023
"Offensive" WA government slammed for ignoring solutions to youth justice crisis

Prominent Aboriginal justice advocates have described WA Premier Mark McGowan's approach as "misinformed" and "offensive" for suggesting critics of the state's youth justice system had not put forward...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 17, 2022
WA's youth justice crisis - a failure of leadership

It is with great disappointment that I am writing this opinion piece about the treatment of children in Banksia Hill Detention Centre in Western Australia.

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Guest Author Nov 16, 2022
Inspector of Custodial Services calls for urgent intervention in WA youth detention system

The youth justice system in Western Australia needs an urgent "trauma-informed intervention", Inspector of Custodial Services Eamon Ryan wrote in his office's annual report on Tuesday.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 15, 2022
WA Government to review crisis-plagued youth offender laws

After years of crises in Western Australia's youth justice system the State Government announced on Tuesday it will undertake a review of youth offender laws.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 4, 2022
Calls to sack WA minister who oversaw unlawful confinement of boy in Banksia Hill jail cell

A senior Aboriginal Legal Service of WA director has called for a royal commission into youth justice and child protection and for the sacking of Corrective Services Minister Bill Johnston.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 25, 2022
Aboriginal business heralds 'enormous' potential in WA's abandoned mines deal

A significant new project under Western Australia's abandoned mines program will boost jobs with Aboriginal company Gee Gie, which has been awarded the contract.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 13, 2022
New Aboriginal body to oversee cultural respect in WA mining industry

The WA Government will commit $14.6 million to establish an Aboriginal Empowerment Unit within the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.

Emma Ruben Emma Ruben May 6, 2022
WA power project lights up outback Indigenous communities

A project bringing reliable power to Indigenous communities in outback WA has been completed. Horizon Power's $3.8m Aboriginal Community Embedded Networks project saw upgraded electricity infrastructu...

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