Shona Reid
Police have been handed new powers to crack down on street gangs, with a state government declaring new laws will allow a response on the same level as outlaw motorcycle gangs.
The Law Society of South Australia has warned that new proposed laws in the state could drive up the number of children going to prison. The Law Society recently entered its submission to the SA gover...
Australia's leading First Nations child advocates are calling on Federal and State Governments to step up and protect children and young people's human rights at a national youth justice conference in...
The number of Indigenous children in out-of-home care (OOHC) in South Australia has increased by more than 33 per cent in the last five years, a report from the state's Guardian for children and young...
South Australia's principal advocate for young people in custody has warned against the increased demonisation of children as the state grapples with an apparent youth crime crisis.
South Australia's Guardian for Children and Young People says the government's response to feedback on proposed child safety legislation has been "lukewarm, at best".
Justice advocate group the National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls has called on South Australia Attorney-General to talk - and listen - to the children in youth det...
South Australia's Attorney-General Kyam Maher has ignored and failed to reply to the state's Guardian for Children and Young People in the almost five months since a report sharing the voices of child...
The South Australian Guardian for Children and Young People has reaffirmed her desire to see the state raise the age of criminal responsibility, after the release of a new publication sharing the voic...
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