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Bali Nine have served 'more than enough time': advocate

Bali Nine have served 'more than enough time': advocate

A supporter of one of the Bali Nine drug smugglers says returning the group to Australia to be with loved ones will make a difference in their rehabilitation.

Bali Nine members could continue sentences in Australia

Bali Nine members could continue sentences in Australia

Bali Nine members could continue sentences in Australia

Bali Nine members could continue sentences in Australia

The remaining members of the Bali Nine drug smuggling ring are expected to continuing serving their sentences in Australia, a federal minister has confirmed.

Deportation bill 'constitutionally unsound': inquiry

Deportation bill 'constitutionally unsound': inquiry

Deportation bill 'constitutionally unsound': inquiry

Deportation bill 'constitutionally unsound': inquiry

A senate inquiry has been told more than 80,000 non-citizens could be removed from Australia under a Labor goverment bill.

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Migration laws crackdown blasted by experts, advocates

Migration laws crackdown blasted by experts, advocates

Legal experts and advocates have lambasted the government's proposed migration bill changes as "constitutionally unsound" and "misguided", at a Senate inquiry.

Burnt, tortured prison guard left 'spiralling' in pain

Burnt, tortured prison guard left 'spiralling' in pain

A former prison guard who was left with chemical burns, a punctured lung and stab wounds has told a court his life trajectory has plummeted.

Cruel twist as ankle bracelet strapped back on refugee

Cruel twist as ankle bracelet strapped back on refugee

An ankle monitor removed from an Afghan refugee has been reattached by officials despite the High Court ruling such visa measures to be punitive.

Visa cancellations grow tenfold in last decade: study

Visa cancellations grow tenfold in last decade: study

Nearly 1000 people are held in Australia's immigration detention centres because of visa cancellation rates increasing by 10 times in the last 10 years.

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Offshore detainees 20 times more at risk of trauma

Offshore detainees 20 times more at risk of trauma

Offshore detainees 20 times more at risk of trauma

Offshore detainees 20 times more at risk of trauma

Refugees detained offshore by Australia were 20 times more likely to develop PTSD compared with those detained onshore for less than six months, a study found.

'Don't want them in Australia': ex-detainee crack down

'Don't want them in Australia': ex-detainee crack down

'Don't want them in Australia': ex-detainee crack down

'Don't want them in Australia': ex-detainee crack down

Australia is pressing ahead with its hardline approach to former immigration detainees, seeking to pay third-party countries to take in members of the cohort.

Children set to leave Don Dale amid jail overcrowding

Children set to leave Don Dale amid jail overcrowding

Children set to leave Don Dale amid jail overcrowding

Children set to leave Don Dale amid jail overcrowding

The Northern Territory Government is close to opening a new youth detention facility as the region continues to battle overcrowding in jails.

'That's not a gun': accused murderer denied bail

'That's not a gun': accused murderer denied bail

'That's not a gun': accused murderer denied bail

'That's not a gun': accused murderer denied bail

A man accused of murder by providing a woman's alleged killer with a gun just before she was shot has sought bail claiming the case against him was weak.

Inquest confirms crooked cop Rogerson's final moments

Inquest confirms crooked cop Rogerson's final moments

Inquest confirms crooked cop Rogerson's final moments

Inquest confirms crooked cop Rogerson's final moments

Australia's most notorious corrupt cop spent his final moments bedridden and lapsing in and out of consciousness, an inquest into his death has been told.

Wrongful detainee reveals agony of life in foreign jail

Wrongful detainee reveals agony of life in foreign jail

Wrongful detainee reveals agony of life in foreign jail

Wrongful detainee reveals agony of life in foreign jail

Former detainees wrongfully held overseas have opened up about being used by governments as "bargaining chips" and the lack of support when they arrive home.

'Exploding with prisoners': union fights inmate shift

'Exploding with prisoners': union fights inmate shift

'Exploding with prisoners': union fights inmate shift

'Exploding with prisoners': union fights inmate shift

The union for Northern Territory prison guards has flagged it will go to the Fair Work Commission to stop inmates being shifted to relieve overcrowding.

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Plan for 1000 new prison beds in the Northern Territory

After promising it would not incarcerate more people, the NT government has unveiled a plan to increase the number of jail beds over the next four years.

Political prisoners concerned by diplomacy red tape

Australians wrongfully detained oversees are decrying being freed only to fall through the cracks back home, citing lack of support for them and their families.

Humanitarian aid to Myanmar people amid junta brutality

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has reaffirmed Australia's support for the people of Myanmar who continue to suffer under the oppressive rule of the military junta.

Murderer dies in prison cell months into life sentence

A Victorian coroner has been told how convicted murderer Scott Murdoch took his own life in his prison cell.

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Ninety-day processing time urged for all refugees

Long wait times for asylum-seekers to be considered refugees is inefficient and taxing, with a committee recommending it should be done in 90 days.

'Chopper' Read's son jailed over loaded-gun joy ride

Charles Read, the son of late underworld figure "Chopper", will serve more jail time after dodging police on a late-night drive involving drugs and two guns.

Inmate's death puts spotlight on prison weapons policy

How an inmate could easily grab a prison officer's gun in a car park is being examined by the NSW state coroner.

Homicide probe into stabbing death of jailed killer

Notorious murderer and rapist Aymen Terkmani has been stabbed to death in a Sydney prison with decades still to serve on his lengthy sentence.

NZ pilot freed from captivity in Indonesia's Papua

Rebels in Papua have released New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens more than one-and-a-half years after kidnapping him.

Serial rapist should have been jailed for longer: judge

A high-risk, serial rapist released and then swiftly thrown back behind bars for explicit online searches has little chance of rehabilitation, a judge says.

Man wrongfully jailed seeks 'justice for all' in court

An Indigenous man taking legal action for being wrongful jailed over a bank robbery says he is fighting for accountability in the justice system for all people.

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