Sue Higginson
Advocates warn more children will be "churned through the system" as New South Wales moves to change laws governing the centuries-old principle of doli incapax.
Eighteen organisations have signed an open letter opposing a proposed change to the standard of proof required to discipline inmates in New South Wales prisons.
The number of children in detention in New South Wales has jumped by more than 30 per cent, sparking warnings from the state's peak Indigenous legal body that the government is ignoring evidence-based...
Justice experts have lashed New South Wales Premier Chris Minns over his reaction to the rising number of children in custody, labelling it a "devastating lack of commitment to the National Agreement...
New South Wales premier Chris Minns has defended the increasing number of Aboriginal children in custody in the state. New data from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOSCAR) found the...
New South Wales will increase a 'trial' on youth bail laws for three more years, as data showed more than 80 per cent of alleged young offenders were refused bail.
A report outlining the use of isolation practices by New South Wales prison staff - disproportionately impacting Indigenous people - has been criticised as "cruel and inhumane".
Criticism of child protective services in New South Wales in the wake of two scathing reports by the office of the auditor general has continued, with AbSec labelling the findings "alarming, but in no...
The peak Indigenous legal service in new South Wales has criticised new "rushed" knife laws in the state, arguing they will give police "extraordinary" powers to search people in public and will cause...
A damning report has laid bare the personal cost to children in New South Wales being kept in alternative care arrangements, with AbSec calling for an immediate end to the practice which often leaves...
More legal and advocacy groups have expressed dismay at planned changes to New South Wales' bail laws for children, labelling the move "misguided" and unlikely to make the community safer.
Non-government out-of-home care providers are not providing the New South Wales government all the information asked of them, potentially putting children at risk, a parliamentary hearing has heard.
The New South Police officer involved in the violent arrest of an Indigenous teenager last week has been placed on restricted duties. The arrest of the 18-year-old, who lives with a disability, occurr...
