The UN's Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has been denied access to inspect Darwin's youth detention centre. (ABC News: Jayden O'Neill) The United Nations's Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples says the NT government has…
Wednesday, 04 November 2026 - 21:04 Some party appears to have misled the President or the Government in drafting the Prevention of Organized Crime Bill, President's Counsel Romesh de Silva stated today before a three-judge Supreme Court bench. The petitions challenging the Prevention of…
Aiding today’s youth requires more than telling them what not to do, writes lawyer Sidney Zarabi. The revolving door of the courthouse at 361 University St. in Toronto. Every time a young person re-enters the legal system’s revolving door, all society…
Queensland Parliament has passed a package of bail law reforms that will introduce a mandatory 12-month jail term for offenders who commit a serious crime while on bail, with the new penalty due to take effect on 30 November 2026. Premier David…
Minister for Education and Training Media Release Finocchiaro CLP Government backs NT Police crackdown on Katherine youth offenders Finocchiaro CLP Government backing Katherine community with additional police resources and targeted enforcement to crack down on youth offending. The Finocchiaro CLP…
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Prison authorities in the Australian state of South Australia are harming people with disabilities by using solitary confinement, Human Rights Watch said in a new report. “Prison authorities in South Australia need to recognize and stop the use of solitary…
Queensland’s Liberal National Party (LNP) government has been accused of cutting funding to non-government organisations for criticising its push to criminalise youth offenders. The Youth Advocacy Centre, a vocal critic of the government’s Adult Crime, Adult Time (ACAT) laws, said…
The NSW Parliament is conducting public hearings this week as part of its inquiry into the Human Rights Bill 2025, which could bring the nation’s most populous state one step closer to establishing such legislation. The inquiry comes following the formation…
Updated October 27, 2026 — 9:20am,first published 6:04pm Welcome to Brisbane Times’ Queensland public sector column, Public Circus. This week: who missed out on cash from a department’s new bail support scheme, the bureaucrats not working on Bleijie’s union ‘competition’ push, and the police…
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