Youth offenders face mandatory jail time for breaching bail under expanded ‘adult crime, adult time’ policy
Youth offenders who commit serious crimes while on bail will face mandatory jail time, as the Queensland government…
Prosecutors allege Brisbane teen planned attack on the Liberal Party
The trial of a private schoolboy who allegedly planned to carry out an attack on the Liberal Party…
Queensland deputy premier says he has no sympathy for ‘juvenile grubs’ in youth detention lockdown
Queensland’s deputy premier says he has no sympathy for “juvenile grubs” in youth detention centres after concerns were…
Townsville counting costs after crime spree sees nine arrested and police injured
Nine teenagers have been charged in relation to a string of alleged car thefts in north Queensland that…
Twelve new offences added to Queensland’s ‘adult crime, adult time’ policy bringing total to 45
Offences like unlawful stalking and conspiring to murder are among the 12 to be added to the Queensland…
Darwin residential youth justice operator sues NT government for breach of contract
An Aboriginal-owned business behind a service housing children and teenagers on bail and in the youth justice system…
Cleveland Dodd’s care in Unit 18 ‘inhumane’, coroner examining youth detention death finds
Western Australia’s first recorded death in youth detention was preventable and the notorious facility where he died should…
Ombudsman delivers youth offending warning to Victorian government in extraordinary intervention
Victoria’s prison watchdog has made an extraordinary intervention into Premier Jacinta Allan’s crime crackdown, warning it leads to…
Mental health reform needed to stop children ending up in prison, doctors say
While incarceration rates continue to soar in the Northern Territory, experts warn mental health reform in the justice…
Child held in solitary cell for more than three days in Don Dale youth prison, investigation finds
An Aboriginal child in youth detention was denied food and refused medication as a coercion “strategy” while held…
Government stands by funding rules barring youth justice organisations from speaking to media
The Queensland government has been accused of “overreach” over funding rules for community youth justice organisations that appear…
Men found not guilty of assaulting former police officer in Geraldton
Two men have been found not guilty of assaulting a former police officer in regional Western Australia. Jack…