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Indigenous kids over-represented in juvenile detention

Indigenous kids over-represented in juvenile detention

Indigenous kids are grossly over-represented in juvenile detention and while reducing the numbers is a Closing the Gap target, the figures are getting worse.

Two charged with attempted murder over tomahawk attack

Two charged with attempted murder over tomahawk attack

Two charged with attempted murder over tomahawk attack

Two charged with attempted murder over tomahawk attack

Two teenagers have been charged with attempted murder three weeks after a tomahawk attack on a 68-year-old man west of Brisbane.

'I can't breathe': family demands spit hood ban

'I can't breathe': family demands spit hood ban

'I can't breathe': family demands spit hood ban

'I can't breathe': family demands spit hood ban

Before she died in custody Selesa Tafaifa was pleading for her asthma medication and crying out 'I can't breathe', an inquest into her death heard.

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How to make a criminal: send a child to youth detention

How to make a criminal: send a child to youth detention

Advocates say early intervention is the key to addressing the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the youth justice system.

Bail reforms set to keep more Victorians out of jail

Bail reforms set to keep more Victorians out of jail

The Victorian government will introduce long-awaited reforms to make it easier for low-level offenders to get bail and cut down on people on remand.

Greyhound trainer punished over 'white powder' scandal

Greyhound trainer punished over 'white powder' scandal

A Victorian greyhound racing trainer has been handed a suspended one-month ban after he and top jockey Jamie Kah were caught up in a social media scandal.

Inquiry called for youth detainee transfers to Don Dale

Inquiry called for youth detainee transfers to Don Dale

An inquiry has been launched into the transfer of youth to a detention centre where a past royal commission found evidence Aboriginal children were mistreated.

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Parole loophole closed for Tasmanian prisoners

Parole loophole closed for Tasmanian prisoners

Parole loophole closed for Tasmanian prisoners

Parole loophole closed for Tasmanian prisoners

A parole loophole allowing criminals to spend less time behind bars has been scrapped after laws passed the Legislative Council.

'Egregious breach': Teen's sentence cut after isolation

'Egregious breach': Teen's sentence cut after isolation

'Egregious breach': Teen's sentence cut after isolation

'Egregious breach': Teen's sentence cut after isolation

An Aboriginal teen who spent more than two years on remand in a Queensland youth detention centre was in solitary confinement for much of that time.

Push to scrap fines for breaching good behaviour orders

Push to scrap fines for breaching good behaviour orders

Push to scrap fines for breaching good behaviour orders

Push to scrap fines for breaching good behaviour orders

Victorians would no longer face criminal charges for specifically breaching good behaviour orders under a recommendation by the Sentencing Advisory Council.

Jubilation as free Folbigg walks 'into the sunshine'

Jubilation as free Folbigg walks 'into the sunshine'

Jubilation as free Folbigg walks 'into the sunshine'

Jubilation as free Folbigg walks 'into the sunshine'

Supporters of Kathleen Folbigg say justice has been done, with her pardon and release following two decades in jail over the deaths of her four children.

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