A youth crime crisis in some areas of regional Australia is fuelling long-standing tension between Indigenous residents,the wider community and police.
The latest crime data shows Victorian children are committing crimes more frequently as,police say,they chase social media status.
Queensland has the most children behind bars in the country,says the Child Death Review Board,adding that the state’s youth detention system is failing “significantly” and has led to a “cycle of incarceration” for some.
Nationals leader David Littleproud first suggested the idea,saying “if they want to run away,they have to dodge the king browns and wild dogs”.
The Victorian government vows to press ahead with plans to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 by 2027 despite renewed police and opposition concerns.
A security officer at Casuarina Prison is at the centre of an investigation into his alleged jokes about a 16-year-old youth offender who took his own life.
Seeing recent LNP talk about expanding a looming Qld inquiry into supermarket pricing,you’d be forgiven to almost think they had a chance at shifting the dial.
The number of girls charged with non-domestic assaults in NSW has almost doubled in the past decade,while charges for domestic assaults have quadrupled in 20 years.
As renewed youth justice debate escalates,Queensland Premier Steven Miles has announced new measures while insisting he wants to avoid a ‘knee-jerk’ response.
After almost four years,spanning a pandemic and damning inquiry,the snapshot of the more than 10,000 responses has been released – and forced some change.
Our map shows the areas most vulnerable to juvenile thieves who break into homes to steal the keys to powerful cars,then joyride at up to three times the speed limit.