The Queensland government has overridden the state’s Human Rights Act to lock children in the state’s adult police watch houses indefinitely.
More than 180 human rights and legal experts, social justice organisations and First Nations community groups have condemned them and signed an open letter.
Change the Record and the Human Rights Law Centre have grave concerns over the Northern Territory Government’s decision to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 12 to 10. The NT’s new ...
On August 15, 2024, the national report of the Senate Inquiry into Missing and Murdered First Nations Women and Children was tabled in the Australian Parliament. This inquiry marks an essential first ...
The Victorian Government has backtracked on a crucial pledge to raise the age of criminal responsibility in the state to 14, a move that was widely anticipated as part of its broader youth justice ref...
South Australian community services, human rights advocates and First Nations organisations are bitterly disappointed by a proposal by the South Australian Attorney-General, the Hon Kyam Maher MLC to ...