Following the alleged murder of a small-business owner recently by an 18 year old on bail, the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party has passed what it聽boasted聽are聽the 鈥渟trongest鈥 bail laws in Australia.聽Stephen W Enciso reports.
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Hundreds of people gathered outside Victorian Parliament House to oppose Victorian Labor鈥檚 introduction of the toughest bail laws in the country. Jacob Andrewartha and Kalindi Salvo Sampson 谤别辫辞谤迟.听
The newly elected Northern Territory Country Liberal Party government passed a suite of controversial punitive measures, which many argue will brutalise young children and not make the community any safer. Stephen W Enciso reports.
New South Wales Labor's harsh new bail laws have been widely opposed by First Nations, legal and community groups who say they will cause 'unspeakable damage', reports Pip Hinman.
The Victorian government is planning on聽changes to harsh bail laws聽but it appears that they are not going to be implemented immediately. Chris Slee reports.
Pressure is mounting on the NT Labor government to close Don Dale Youth Detention Centre sooner than it said it would.聽Stephen W Enciso听谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.
Australia鈥檚 human rights reputation has been savaged in a . The report is highly critical of Australia鈥檚 detention of Aboriginal children for minor offences.
The Amnesty report, A brighter tomorrow: Keeping Indigenous kids in the community and out of detention in Australia, focuses on the crisis of Aboriginal child detention. The report says rates of Aboriginal youth detention are higher now than they were 20 years ago.