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Study finds police-led youth action meetings delivering no benefit for NSW children and families
A new evaluation shows NSW Police Force Youth Action Meetings (YAMs) are not wor...
Giovanni Torre 28 Apr 2026
Partnership extended in Kununurra to support young people at risk
Police and Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) and Kununurra Waringarri Aboriginal Corpor...
Natasha Clark 9 Jan 2026
Warumungu leader Jaiden Dickenson wins 2026 NT Young Australian of the Year
Proud Warumungu man Jaiden Dickenson has been awarded the 2026 NT Young Australi...
Nicole Brown 4 Nov 2025
A path to purpose - Still on Track E-Scooter Program Launches in Kununurra
Wunan Foundation this week welcomed 10 new participants into the Still on Track...
Giovanni Torre 30 Jul 2025
NT youth justice amendments will cost millions and increase offending, advocates warn
The Justice Reform Initiative has slammed the Northern Territory government's la...
Giovanni Torre 28 Jul 2025
What are we doing to our kids? Australia’s War on Children in the name of "justice"

Off the back of the Northern Territory government reclassifying 13 offences—including "assaulting police" and driving stolen vehicles—as "serious offences" under the Youth Justice Regulati...

Children’s Ground warns planned restriction of NT youth diversionary programs will 'deepen trauma and reinforce cycles of harm'

Indigenous-led youth advocacy group Children's Ground has raised the alarm about the Northern Territory Government's latest amendments to the NT's Youth Justice Regulations.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 7, 2025
Youth crime crackdown won't break cycle, advocates say

Legal changes that will see serious youth offenders more likely to be locked up will not improve community safety, advocacy groups say. The Northern Territory's chief minister earlier on Friday vowed...

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Samantha Lock Jul 5, 2025
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