Justice Reform
Indigenous justice advocates have expressed alarm at the NT Government's decision to reduce the availability of youth diversion programs which aim to steer young people away from prison and into rehab...
Ronald Bin Swani never imagined he'd become a public speaker, but in 2025 he'll take to the national stage at the National NAIDOC Forum, representing this year's theme 'The Next Generation: Strength...
Australia's Indigenous leaders and justice experts are gathering in Mparntwe/Alice Springs over the next two days to advocate for evidence-based alternatives to incarceration, as Indigenous imprisonme...
The building of a new prison in the Northern Territory has been labelled an "expensive and misguided" approach to the overcrowding crisis. Since being elected last year under a "tough on crime" mantra...
The Northern Territory government's plan to reinstate mandatory sentencing for domestic violence offences is a "knee-jerk approach that will not work to keep women and families safe in the long term"...
The Justice Reform Initiative warns Queensland's 'Making Qld Safer Bill' will fail to reduce crime, will fail to improve community safety, and will cause enormous harm to Queensland children.
The Northern Territory government needs to urgently engage with community-based solutions to combat rampant overcrowding in prisons, the Justice Reform Initiative has said.
The Northern Territory government's decision to increase the prison capacity of the Territory by 1,000 has been criticised as an "expensive short-term response" which will only exacerbate disadvantage...
More than 120 representatives have met in Canberra to reinforce the urgent need for youth justice reform to be made a national priority. Co-hosted by the National Children's Commissioner, Anne Holland...
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service has commended the Tasmanian government's decision to abandon construction plans for a prison in the north of the state.
Organisations have continued to criticise the Western Australian government's handling of youth justice in the state in the wake of the second child to die in custody in a year.
Northern Territory's Chief Minister-elect Lia Finocchiaro says tougher penalties for people convicted of crimes are needed. It comes as Ms Finocchiaro, whose CLP won a landslide victory over Labor on...
The decision by the Victorian government to abandon plans to raise the age of criminal responsibility has been slammed by independent Senator Lidia Thorpe, who called it a "weak backdown".