Youth Crime
Controversial youth justice reforms that allow children to be sentenced to life in prison have passed the Victorian Parliament, despite strong opposition from legal experts and Indigenous organisation...
Youth justice advocates have expressed outrage over the Victorian Government's decision to approve new laws which could see children as young as 14 face life in prison for certain offences.
When WA Children's Court President Hylton Quail noticed youth crime falling in Fitzroy Crossing, he travelled to the remote Kimberley town to see what was driving the change.
Indigenous legal services have raised alarm over new legislation before South Australia's parliament, warning it risks trapping children in the justice system for life.
The passing of legislation that will see children as young as ten spend their life in prison for some crimes will only make communities less safe, the peak body for Indigenous community-controlled leg...
The Queensland government has defied human rights, Indigenous and legal experts to pass a series of punitive laws which, by their own admission, will see more children incarcerated.
Queensland Labor leader Steven Miles says he doesn't expect Labor to oppose new Premier David Crisafulli's 'adult crime, adult time' laws. It comes as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social...
The Northern Territory government has announced they will introduce legislation next week to criminalise breaches of bail for children as well as expanding the presumption against bail to include yout...
The National Child Commissioner says media coverage on youth crime is "creating more and more fear". Appearing on ABC RN, Anne Hollonds, who will address the National Press Club on Wednesday, said whe...
A planned crackdown on youth crime by the new Northern Territory government has stirred controversy but the voices at the centre of the debate are missing.
The Northern Territory's largest Indigenous legal organisation has become the latest group to criticise the new government's plan to lower the age of criminal responsibility.
The Northern Territory's largest Indigenous legal organisation says whichever party wins the upcoming election needs to prioritise diversionary options in order to reduce the NT's reliance on prisons.
The Victorian government's controversial decision to backtrack on their promise to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 continues to attract criticism.