Juvenile justice
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Perth
Reform WA’s ‘unlawful’ youth justice system now, Law Society demands
WA’s peak legal advocacy body has demanded the state review the youth justice system after two teenagers in one year took their own lives in Perth custody.
- by Jesinta Burton
Latest
LNP seeks mandate to pass youth crime laws this year
With just two parliamentary weeks due after October’s election, David Crisafulli’s new youth justice laws would be subject to only brief oversight, if he were to be elected premier.
- by Matt Dennien
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Queensland votes
Crisafulli gains more ground with voters as Labor support slides again
Primary vote support for Queensland Labor has fallen to more than 20 percentage points below the LNP before October’s election, new Brisbane Times polling shows.
- by Matt Dennien
Public transport tops pre-COVID levels as election train builds steam
The Miles Labor government has hailed the first month of its 50¢ flat fare trial as a vote of confidence with just seven weeks to the statewide poll.
- by Matt Dennien
Top WA official hires lawyer following Cleveland Dodd inquest revelations
A West Australian deputy corrections commissioner has hired a lawyer following damning evidence at the inquest for an Indigenous boy who fatally self-harmed in custody.
- by Aaron Bunch
Analysis
Government
Labor’s latest retreat on youth justice is a sign of a broader problem
For the second time, the government has folded under pressure on crime and an inability to sell its message. This is more than a political problem.
- by Matt Dennien
Footy fans and pub goers to be scanned for knives under Qld crime plan
The expansion of arbitrary police metal detection searches form part of the Miles government’s latest effort to address community and political pressure on crime.
- by Matt Dennien
Perspective
Government
We all lose under Queensland’s winner-takes-all political games
Practice makes perfect, as the saying goes. And there are few less-practised areas in Queensland politics than collaboration, as the youth justice blow-up shows.
- by Matt Dennien
Kids jailed in Unit 18 denied medication if they were violent, inquest told
Medication was withheld from detainees if they assaulted staff, an inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd has been told.
- by Aaron Bunch
Unit 18 probationary guard given two hours’ notice before filling senior role, inquest told
The guard said a senior officer sat with her and showed her how to fill in a series of reports before leaving her to oversee detainees and staff for the night shift.
- by Aaron Bunch
Why Unit 18 guards watched movies while on the job
A Unit 18 prison guard has told the coroner’s inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd it was common for staff to watch movies and other programs while working the night shift.
- by Aaron Bunch