Youth Justice
The overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the criminal justice system "reflects systemic and structural racial discrimination", the United Nations has said. Despite making up only 6.
Security cameras at northern Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre were offline during a "critical incident" just days after the facility was set on fire, right to information laws have re...
A territory government's treatment of children has gone backwards since a damning royal commission report almost nine years ago, an inquiry has been told.
A new evaluation shows NSW Police Force Youth Action Meetings (YAMs) are not working; and are even leading to worse outcomes for some children.
Federal Senator Lidia Thorpe says the failure of the Northern Territory government and its departments to appear before a youth justice inquiry amounts to contempt.
An inquiry into youth justice hearings in Darwin this week will proceed without any Northern Territory government departments appearing or making submissions, despite the over-representation of Indige...
The Queensland Government's decision to withdraw funding from Murri Watch's youth cultural support program has drawn criticism from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Ka...
New data shows that in 2024-25, the ACT Government spent an estimated $36.2 million on detaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Alexander Maconochie Centre and the Bimberi Youth J...
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.
Violence towards Aboriginal children, and including sexual violence against girls, we know was central to colonisation and remains ongoing today.
A new strategy aimed at diverting children away from the justice system and toward community-led responses has been launched in New South Wales.
Community leaders across New South Wales have launched a series of videos calling on the state government to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 and invest in community-led support services...
Murri Watch's support service for Indigenous children held in Queensland police watch houses will end this year after the state government pulled its funding.