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Human Rights Commission receives formal complaint as class action looms over alleged abuse of children in WA youth detention
Key points: - A Representative Complaint has been filed with the Australian Huma...
Giovanni Torre 27 May 2026
Aboriginal healing service joins court-led effort to divert children from detention
An Aboriginal-led healing service in Boorloo / Perth has joined a court-run dive...
Natasha Clark 11 Feb 2026
Inspector backs Unit 18 closure — but warns Banksia Hill is not ready for it
Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services, Eamon Ryan, has warned he s...
Natasha Clark 28 Jan 2026
Exclusive: Mother of Cleveland Dodd says WA Premier supports closure of Unit 18 after coronial findings
The mother of Cleveland Dodd — the first young person in WA to die in youth dete...
Natasha Clark 11 Dec 2025
Three of Banksia Hill's rooftop protestors sent to notorious Unit-18
Three of the six children who climbed on to the roof of Western Australia's Bank...
Giovanni Torre 25 Nov 2025
'Conditions remain dangerous, degrading, and completely unacceptable' - tensions erupt at notorious WA children's prison

Young people held in Western Australia's notorious Banksia Hill Detention Centre have climbed on to the roof of the Canning Vale facility. Reports indicate at least six of the children held at Banksia...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 24, 2025
Work begins to replace 'inhumane' youth detention site

The notorious youth detention facility where Yamatji boy Cleveland Dodd fatally self-harmed after being held in "inhumane" conditions is set to be replaced.

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Aaron Bunch Nov 23, 2025
WA government seeks new members for Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee

The Western Australian government is seeking expressions of interest from Aboriginal people across the state to join the Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee for the next term.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 9, 2025
$156 million youth detention centre delayed, teens remain in notorious Unit 18

A WA Government infrastructure report has revealed a long-promised new youth detention centre at Banksia Hill will not be ready until 2028 — a delay suicide prevention advocate Gerry Georgatos s...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Sep 17, 2025
Dedicated father and Indigenous rapper Flewnt nominated for 7 News Indigenous Community Leadership award

Proud Noongar/Wongi man Joshua Eggington, AKA Flewnt from Boorloo, began his distinguished career as a rapper as "just me, a pen, and a pad —writing bars and dreaming big", he told National Indi...

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Leanne Dolby Jun 18, 2025
System is failing people suffering acute mental health issues - WA prisons inspector warns

A report from WA's Inspector of Custodial Services, Eamon Ryan, has found that crisis care units in the state's prisons are not meeting the needs of inmates who are suffering acute mental health issue...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 10, 2025
Exclusive: National Child Commissioner prevented from entering youth prisons

Australia's child commissioner was prevented from entering youth prisons in Victoria and Western Australia during a national tour in 2023. As part of her "Help way earlier!

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 5, 2025
ALS slams WA government's "tawdry political move to garner votes" with youth bail changes

The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia says the state government's proposed youth bail changes will undermine the administration of justice, increase the likelihood of children being impris...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 10, 2025
"An absolute disgrace" - new data sparks renewed call for Unit 18 closure and youth justice reform

A leading Indigenous legal expert has urged the WA government to fix the youth justice system as new figures show staff in the state's youth detention centres are being assaulted every second day on a...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 6, 2025
WA Coroner calls for urgent closure of notorious youth prison Unit 18

The troubled youth wing of an adult prison where an Indigenous teenager fatally self-harmed should be closed "as a matter of urgency", a coroner has told a court.

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Aaron Bunch Dec 11, 2024
Racism and toxic culture plagues WA youth detention centre, inquest told

The institutional racism and toxic culture at a troubled youth detention centre was so severe a consultant was afraid to raise it for fear of losing his job, the inquest into the death of Cleveland Do...

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Aaron Bunch Dec 5, 2024
WA Children's Commissioner disappointed by government response to inquiry into state's notorious youth prisons

Western Australian Commissioner for Children and Young People Jacqueline McGowan-Jones has expressed her disappointment with the state government's response to her inquiry into the operating model of...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 4, 2024
Student suspended for one year after confronting former WA Premier over youth justice crisis

A Curtin University student has reportedly been suspended and banned from campus for one year for confronting Mark McGowan over the treatment of Aboriginal children in WA detention centres Banksia Hil...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 21, 2024
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