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Humanitarian aid to Myanmar people amid junta brutality

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

Murderer dies in prison cell months into life sentence

Murderer dies in prison cell months into life sentence

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.

Ninety-day processing time urged for all refugees

Ninety-day processing time urged for all refugees

Ninety-day processing time urged for all refugees

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.

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

'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

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

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

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.

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Serial rapist should have been jailed for longer: judge

Serial rapist should have been jailed for longer: judge

Serial rapist should have been jailed for longer: judge

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

Man wrongfully jailed seeks 'justice for all' in court

Man wrongfully jailed seeks 'justice for all' in court

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.

Landmark settlements for children detained in Nauru

Landmark settlements for children detained in Nauru

Landmark settlements for children detained in Nauru

Landmark settlements for children detained in Nauru

Two children held in offshore detention in Nauru have secured settlements with the Australian government over harm caused to them in a protracted legal battle.

Rapist officer inquiry sparks prison mandates, CCTV

Rapist officer inquiry sparks prison mandates, CCTV

Rapist officer inquiry sparks prison mandates, CCTV

Rapist officer inquiry sparks prison mandates, CCTV

Prison officers will be forced to report misconduct and wear body-worn cameras in response to a rapist guard's "deplorable" crimes.

Convicted terrorist gets fresh chance after past breach

Convicted terrorist gets fresh chance after past breach

Convicted terrorist gets fresh chance after past breach

Convicted terrorist gets fresh chance after past breach

A convicted terrorist who threatened to cut a police officer's head off and kill a magistrate will be given another opportunity to mix with the public.

'Terrible tragedy': PM mourns teen's death in custody

'Terrible tragedy': PM mourns teen's death in custody

'Terrible tragedy': PM mourns teen's death in custody

'Terrible tragedy': PM mourns teen's death in custody

The federal government will not step in after a First Nations teenager died in WA custody, the prime minister confirmed after speaking to the state's premier.

Youth detention replacement may not meet deadline

Youth detention replacement may not meet deadline

Youth detention replacement may not meet deadline

Youth detention replacement may not meet deadline

A replacement facility for a youth detention centre deemed a risk to children may not meet its time frame for completion.

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Indigenous woman's death in custody to go unpunished

Victoria's workplace safety regulator has declined to launch a prosecution over the death of an Indigenous woman in custody, citing insufficient evidence.

Home Affairs refuses apology to detainee over treatment

An immigration detainee held on Christmas Island was subject to unjustified force by security officers, but the Australian government will not apologise.

Review gun laws 'so no one else has to go through it'

An urgent review of correctional officers' use of firearms has been recommended by an inquiry into the death of an Indigenous man shot while fleeing custody.

Call for 90-day detention cap to end asylum 'cruelty'

Asylum-seeker advocates say a proposal to cap immigration detention at 90 days would be the first step to addressing Australia's 'crisis of detention'.

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Strict supervision mulled as terrorist to be released

A man who threatened to kill police and a magistrate will soon walk from prison as a judge considers what type of supervision should be imposed.

Guard charged with sexually assaulting female prisoner

A prison officer has been accused of sexually assaulting a female inmate as officials work to overhaul custodial safety after a major abuse scandal.

Detention centre staff suspended over abuse claims

Seventeen workers at Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre have been suspended over historical child sex abuse allegations.

'Inhumane' jail cells breach UN rules, report finds

Inhumane conditions inside Tasmanian prison "dry cells" have been uncovered by a report which found some inmates were unable to call for help.

Friendship as former foes honour Cowra Breakout fallen

From conflict to reconciliation and now friendship, Australians and Japanese will together to honour hundreds of soldiers killed in a PoW breakout 80 years ago.

US prisoners released from Russia back on home soil

The United States and Russia have completed a 24-person prisoner swap, the largest in post-Soviet history, with the US detainees finally back home.

'High-risk' serial rapist jailed for graphic searches

A man with a "frightening" history of violent sexual offending, including the gang rape of a Sydney woman, has been sent back to jail over online searches.

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