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Banksia Hill detention centre officers go on strike

This report was updated at 6pm Thursday 9 March. Youth Custodial Officers at Western Australia's Banksia Hill Detention Centre have walked off the job following "another insufficient offer" from the D...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 9, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Banksia Hill Detention Centre superintendent moved on

It is understood that the superintendent of Western Australia's controversial youth detention facility, Banksia Hill, has been moved on from the position.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 10, 2022
Banksia Hill Detention Centre protest calls for change

Demonstrators gathered outside Banksia Hill Detention Centre Wednesday to call for an end to child imprisonment, and to support the prospective class action being organised on behalf of current and fo...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 7, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Banksia Hill Detention Centre “a tinderbox ready to ignite” lawyers warn WA Government

Please note: This story contains reference to someone who has died and contains details readers may find distressing. Banksia Hill Detention Centre is a "tinderbox ready to ignite", the law firm spear...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 24, 2021
Documents reveal Commonwealth strategy to deflect calls to raise age of criminal responsibility

Hundreds of pages of documents produced to the Senate reveal the federal government's talking points for pushing back against calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility to align with internatio...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 22, 2026
Human Rights Commission receives formal complaint as class action looms over alleged abuse of children in WA youth detention

Key points: - A Representative Complaint has been filed with the Australian Human Rights Commission on behalf of roughly one hundred victims of alleged child sexual abuse in Western Australia's youth...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 27, 2026
Pressure mounts on PM to address youth incarceration 'crisis' as Indigenous Labor conference begins

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.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 18, 2026
'Trying to pass the buck': Government accused of ignoring legal advice on youth justice crisis

The federal government's "entirely untrue" response to calls for an urgent national youth justice summit has been slammed as ignoring legal advice.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 8, 2026
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