Youth advocates are taking Queensland government to court over watch house crisis
Youth Advocacy Centre CEO Katherine Hayes has today revealed police are investigating at least one sexual assault committed against a [...]
Victoria Pengilley sits down with Natalie Lewis to discuss youth crime.
Commissioner Natalie Lewis from Queensland's Family and Child Commission (QFCC) believes youth crime has become too politicised.
Scott McDougall is calling on the Queensland government to get children out of watch houses.
Breach of bail laws, combined with an already stretched justice system, set the stage for a perfect storm, Queensland's Human [...]
Amy Mayes is calling for a bipartisan approach to youth crime.
Ms Mayes fears putting children in watch houses will lead to the further institutionalisation of young offenders.
Trudy Reading says victims of crime are continuing to be let down.
Trudy Reading from Voice for Victims says a bipartisan committee formed to tackle youth crime had shown a "reluctance" to [...]
Parents of teenage terror accused detail frantic hours before attack on bishop
The parents of the 16-year-old who stabbed a Sydney bishop have spoken publicly for the first time, painting a picture [...]
Family home in Sydney’s west shot at twice in two weeks in case of ‘mistaken identity’
The five people inside the Blacktown house were uninjured following Saturday's targeted shooting — the second incident at the same [...]
Hobart taxi drivers left ‘mentally stressed’ and ‘not feeling safe’ in face of repeated antisocial behaviour
Recent incidents of vandalism and violence has shaken Hobart's taxi workforce — and they've had enough. It's an issue the [...]
Cody was known to child safety since he was a baby. These are the failings that helped make him a killer
An ABC investigation reveals the failings that helped create one of Queensland's youngest killers.
A man has died after a drive-by shooting in Melbourne’s south-east
Victoria Police is investigating after a man was found shot dead in a vehicle in Hampton Park.