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PM urged to show leadership on youth justice 'crisis'
The Prime Minister is allowing states and territories to enact policies that res...
Dechlan Brennan 12 Aug 2026
'Racist' child protection system, online abuse in focus at senate inquiry
Racism is a threat to the safety of First Nations people, a parliamentary hearin...
Dechlan Brennan 7 Aug 2026
Indigenous children spending months in detention without sentence, new data shows
The overwhelming majority of Indigenous children held in custody are unsentenced...
Dechlan Brennan 30 Jul 2026
Queensland's latest youth justice crackdown slammed by Indigenous legal advocates
The Queensland government's announcement that youth offenders who commit serious...
Dechlan Brennan 8 Jul 2026
Australia's rejection of UN recommendations fuels First Nations justice concerns
Australia's response to international scrutiny of its human rights record has be...
Dechlan Brennan 7 Jul 2026
Documents reveal Commonwealth strategy to deflect calls to raise age of criminal responsibility

Hundreds of pages of documents produced to the Senate reveal the federal government's talking points for pushing back against calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility to align with internatio...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 22, 2026
Indigenous legal advocates condemn lack of funding boost in federal budget

Indigenous legal services will continue turning clients away after Tuesday's federal budget failed to deliver a significant funding increase.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 13, 2026
The world is watching Australia breach its human rights obligations, legal body says

The United Nations' finding that the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the criminal justice system "reflects systemic and structural racial discrimination" is another sign the Prime Ministe...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 8, 2026
Pressure mounts on PM to address youth incarceration 'crisis' as Indigenous Labor conference begins

The peak body for Indigenous legal services says the Prime Minister must place an emergency youth justice summit on the agenda at the inaugural National Indigenous Labor Conference.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 18, 2026
Federal-state blame shifting undermines youth justice reform, former child commissioner says

Governments are using "harsh, punitive policies" to lock up children while ignoring the evidence, the country's former Children's Commissioner has told a Senate inquiry.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 11, 2026
'Trying to pass the buck': Government accused of ignoring legal advice on youth justice crisis

The federal government's "entirely untrue" response to calls for an urgent national youth justice summit has been slammed as ignoring legal advice.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 8, 2026
'Happened under your watch': Pressure mounts on PM to act on Indigenous youth incarceration crisis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing renewed calls to convene an urgent national youth justice summit, as states and territories continue rolling out policies critics say are harming Indigenous c...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 8, 2026
Closing the Gap data sparks calls for overhaul of ‘failing’ policies

Governments are being urged to abandon fear narratives and return to evidence-based approaches, with advocacy bodies warning the latest Closing the Gap data reflects the "daily reality" for many Abori...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 19, 2026
Prime Minister pressed to show leadership on Indigenous custody rates

The federal government has again failed to meaningfully acknowledge the overincarceration of Indigenous people, First Nations legal groups say, arguing its approach is not improving community safety.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 16, 2026
Indigenous legal services continue to challenge Australia's colonial justice system

A new book by Professor Eddie Cubillo - Defending the defenceless: Indigenous self-determination and legal services in Australia - explores the complex relationship between Indigenous self-determinati...

'Increasingly dangerous': Remand becoming the norm for First Nations defendants under harsh bail regimes

Bail laws and punitive policing which are driving more Aboriginal people into prison on remand are becoming "increasingly dangerous," experts have warned.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 6, 2026
UN condemns Australia over rising remand numbers and the jailing of ten-year-olds

The United Nations Human Rights Council has criticised Australia for the "almost constant increase" in the number of people held on remand and the country's "very low age of criminal responsibility"...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 27, 2026
PM urged to intervene as states push laws increasing child incarceration

The Prime Minister must take leadership to stop state and territory governments from passing laws that put more children in prison, the peak body for Indigenous legal organisations says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 27, 2025
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