Indigenous Youth Justice
Indigenous, human rights and legal groups have slammed the Victorian government's decision to abandon plans to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14, arguing the Labor government have caved i...
An interim draft report on youth justice in Queensland has said evidence around removing detention as a last resort is unclear, as chaos reigned in State Parliament.
The Northern Territory government has announced a six day extension to the youth curfew in Mparntwe/Alice Springs originally slated to end on Wednesday morning, calling it a "common sense" approach.
The New South Wales Attorney General is under renewed pressure to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 - in keeping with international best practice - after admitting at Budget Estimates tha...
A program that tries to break the cycle for Indigenous juvenile offenders by sending them to regional areas rather than detention centres will be expanded.
WA's Corrective Services Minister has been condemned by legal professionals for comments criticising judges and magistrates over their sentencing of juvenile offenders.
The increasing numbers of Indigenous children in prison is alarming and demands urgent action, according to Queensland's Family and Child Commission (QFCC) commissioner Natalie Lewis.
A coalition of Indigenous, legal and human rights groups have written to the Victorian Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes expressing a "deep concern" for the state's ongoing failure to implement the Option...
Leading Indigenous justice advocates say the assault of a child in Unit 18 by a much larger and older prison guard captured on CCTV footage drives home the urgent need for immediate and long-term chan...
Better mental health and disability assessments, supporting families and parents, and developing a network of culturally supportive activities and relationships are some of the improvements that could...
Human rights, Indigenous and legal groups have written submissions to the Queensland Government, urging them to move away from the 'tough on crime' approach that has done little to stem youth incarcer...
Two alleged vigilantes have been denied bail after chasing and handcuffing three Indigenous boys aged between 12 and 14 who they believed were trespassing in Mareeba, near Cairns.
Footage from 2022 of Banksia Hill riot squad using force on a 16-year-old boy has been released, highlighting yet another "unacceptable and outrageous case of child abuse" and a youth justice system t...