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Study finds police-led youth action meetings delivering no benefit for NSW children and families
A new evaluation shows NSW Police Force Youth Action Meetings (YAMs) are not wor...
Giovanni Torre 28 Apr 2026
'We expect dignity, safety and fairness for everyone' - Kimberley leaders call for justice reform and safer courts
Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation has urged reform of the Broome Courthouse and...
Giovanni Torre 23 Apr 2026
Death in custody sparks renewed call for justice reform
The National Network of Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls has...
Giovanni Torre 17 Mar 2026
Indigenous leaders back care-led response as alternatives to policing in South Australia
Indigenous organisations are backing a growing push for South Australia to adopt...
Dechlan Brennan 20 Feb 2026
Inspector slams 'degraded' and 'unacceptable' Broome prison which 'fails to meet basic standards'

Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services, Eamon Ryan, has slammed Broome Regional Prison as "unfit for purpose", noting "unacceptable conditions that fail to meet basic standards" at the fa...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 21, 2026
Partnership extended in Kununurra to support young people at risk

Police and Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) and Kununurra Waringarri Aboriginal Corporation have extended a partnership supporting young people at risk in Kununurra.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jan 9, 2026
The disappearing of children: How the state makes kids vanish

Across Australia, Aboriginal children are being disappeared by the carceral state. They are transferred without notice. Moved in secret. Taken from their families, their Country, their lawyers, and th...

‘This is really different and really special’ - Old Ways, New Ways: the Aboriginal-led program that is turning kids' lives around

An Aboriginal-led youth program is making a big impact in Western Australia and could be a model for the whole country. The Old Ways, New Ways program (OWNW) is a voluntary program for young people at...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 12, 2025
National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People condemns 'cruel' new Victorian sentencing laws

Australia's first National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, Sue-Anne Hunter, has condemned the passage of new Victorian legislation which will allow ch...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 5, 2025
Major milestone for key youth justice initiative Marlamanu

Set deep in the Kimberley bushland, a cluster of new buildings and a tennis court have risen as an on-Country program for Aboriginal young people at risk of entering the justice system is taking shape...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Nov 28, 2025
'These new laws will not create a safer Victoria' - growing opposition to prison plan for children

2024 NAIDOC person of the year Muriel Bamblett has added her voice to the growing opposition to Victorian government plans to introduce severe prison sentences for children as young as 14.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 13, 2025
Victorian Aboriginal health peak body condemns state's 'adult crime, adult time’ plan

The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) says it is "deeply disappointed and angered" by the Victorian government's proposed youth justice changes.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 12, 2025
New report: WA prisons' stark growth and limited program access undermines safety and rehabiliation

Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services has warned the massive increase in the state's prisoner population, understaffing and limited program access is undermining safety and security and...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 11, 2025
A year of success with Kimberley youth, but still no Department of Communities funding for Fitzroy Crossing’s Night Space

While Kununurra youth crime is in the spotlight, in Fitzroy Crossing - another town in WA's Kimberley region - children's laughter drifts through the Marra Worra Worra Aboriginal Corporation's Night S...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Oct 31, 2025
'Prolonged shortages' of key staff 'compromise wellbeing and rehabilitation' in WA prisons, new report reveals

Western Australia's prison system has "prolonged shortages" of non-custodial staff in the areas of health, mental health, rehabilitation, and reintegration which have caused delays in health assessmen...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 21, 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
Buway Giz - Connection Before Correction: A Torres Strait restorative justice solution

For more than a decade I have worked in prisons, courts, and communities across Queensland. I have seen firsthand the cycle of incarceration that grips our people.

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Ed Mosby Sep 8, 2025
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