Crime
The New South Wales Government's decision to make knife 'wanding' powers permanent has drawn criticism from the state's peak Aboriginal legal service, which says the laws will lead to more "disproport...
A man charged with murder in Arnhem Land has been granted bail to live with family on the Tiwi Islands, more than 500 kilometres away. Last month, Justin Bukulatjpi, 20, was arrested by NT Police and...
A WA Police investigation of alleged misconduct by officers towards a Noongar man in Boorloo/Perth was "inadequate", the Corruption and Crime Commission has found.
Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation has urged reform of the Broome Courthouse and broader Western Australian justice system, warning that unsafe court infrastructure, "chronic" underfunding of support s...
New data shows that in 2024-25, the ACT Government spent an estimated $36.2 million on detaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Alexander Maconochie Centre and the Bimberi Youth J...
A new strategy aimed at diverting children away from the justice system and toward community-led responses has been launched in New South Wales.
Western Australian judicial authorities hope rising case delays will ease across the West Kimberley court circuit after calling in an extra magistrate.
The man accused of throwing a homemade bomb into a crowd at the Boorloo/Perth Invasion Day rally did not appear in court or enter a plea to three charges arising from the January 26 attack despite a s...
The first person in Western Australia to be charged with a terrorism offence will appear in Perth Magistrate's Court Tuesday after being accused of throwing a bomb into a crowd at the Boorloo/Perth In...
Aboriginal people in New South Wales are being diverted away from the criminal justice system at significantly lower rates than non-Indigenous people when caught with small amounts of illegal drugs, d...
Note: this report includes images of Indigenous people who have died. It is Boorloo / Perth's favourite holiday location, a majestic island ringed by beaches and fauna-rich reefs, and inhabited by the...
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a teenage boy reported missing from Sydney's west. Tyrelle Wright, 16, was last seen on Railway Street in Mt Druitt about midday on Saturday...
The birth of a junior football league in a remote Aboriginal town in Western Australia's north has been credited with helping reduce youth crime, strengthen relationships between police and young peop...
