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Children under 14 are incapable of evil and should be protected from criminal responsibility, NSW review finds

Review was led by former supreme court judge turned parole authority chair Geoffrey Bellew SC and former NSW police deputy commissioner Jeffrey Loy

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Grim milestone for state's Indigenous deaths in custody

Twelve Indigenous people have died in custody in NSW in 2025, the highest number ever recorded in a single year, with less than two months to go in the calendar

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The NT’s newest youth justice law changes will heap more trauma on to traumatised kids while worsening youth crime

Evidence shows reacting to kids who offend with violence increases chances that the offending behaviour escalates. In stark terms: there will be more victims because of the CLP’s policies

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NSW police actions should be examined in Tammy Shipley’s death in custody, lawyer argues

Court asked to consider whether the coroner has jurisdiction to examine Shipley’s arrest

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Bail failing: legal services warn against tighter laws

Restricting bail and increasing penalties do not work to reduce crime, legal experts say, as 'tough on crime' measures continue to sweep across Australia.

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Alarm raised as tough on crime policy 'infects' nation

Incarcerating children increases crime, legal advocates say, as they raise concern about the youth justice reforms "infecting" the country.

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Aboriginal organisations call for urgent overhaul of beleaguered NSW child protection system

Review calls for independent child protection commission and a commissioner for Aboriginal children to hold government to account

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NT plan to lower age of criminal responsibility to 10 could contribute to ‘child jail crisis’, advocate says

Chair of Indigenous legal service says policy is ‘really concerning’ and part of move towards more punitive policies across Australia

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‘We should all be furious’: Aboriginal people make up record 31% of adult prison population in NSW

Premier Chris Minns says the statistics on Indigenous Australians in the state’s jails represent a ‘major issue’

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Call for investigation after media labels five-year-old ‘kindergarten crim’ following NSW police comments

Barwon MP Roy Butler says ‘flashy headlines create bias’ after it was revealed officers have not spoken to any of the alleged offenders nor laid any charges

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Fears Alice Springs youth curfew could inflame tensions

Tensions are simmering on Alice Springs' streets as an emergency curfew takes effect, with critics of the response saying it could make the situation worse.

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NSW police say they will keep locking up young offenders but advocates say approach is ‘draconian’

Under Operation Regional Mongoose, 153 people – including 109 children – have been charged since September, the youngest 11 years old

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NSW government launches review after court hears Aboriginal baby’s aunt refused as carer due to same-sex relationship

Court told Anglicare Sydney refused to assess woman as a long-term carer and sought to have baby adopted to non-Indigenous couple

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Jai Kalani Wright: criminal charges to be considered in death of Aboriginal teenager killed in collision with police car

Coroner suspends inquest into death of Dunghutti boy, which only started on Monday, and refers case to DPP

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Proportion of Aboriginal inmates in NSW hit a record 29.7% in February

Exclusive: State Aboriginal Legal Service calls for end to ‘over-policing’ of Indigenous people

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Extra $21m to keep Indigenous legal services operating

Following concerns from Indigenous legal services that they would be forced to freeze services, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced emergency funding.

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Aboriginal Legal Service halts work in 13 NSW courts to 'stem bleeding' of workload crisis

From today, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal service for NSW will temporarily suspend its work in 13 regional courts.

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Aboriginal legal services frozen or at risk of shutting in 17 communities across NSW and Queensland

Advocates call for federal government to provide urgent funding for culturally safe legal services to prevent worsening Indigenous incarceration crisis

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New South Wales government cancels more than half its COVID-19 fines — this is what it means for you

It started with a court challenge to two infringements, and ended up with more than 33,000 being canned — this is what you need to know about the New South Wales government's decision to scrap more than half the COVID fines it issued.

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NSW government under pressure to scrap further 29,000 Covid fines after court ruling

State forced to cancel 33,000 fines so far but Revenue NSW argues ‘technical’ supreme court decision ‘does not mean offences were not committed’

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More than 4,500 strip searches were carried out in NSW during the pandemic

New data shows thousands of people were still being subjected to strip searches during the pandemic, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people disproportionately targeted.

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More than 60,000 people sign petition urging NSW to raise the age of criminal responsibility

Aboriginal Legal Service seeks urgent ban on the strip-searching, handcuffing and arrest of children as young as 10

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Sydney news: Renewable energy funding boost of $1.2 billion promised in state budget

MORNING BRIEFING: The NSW government says the budget will see the state’s largest investment in infrastructure for renewable energy, expected to help create 2,700 construction jobs.

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Arrest of Aboriginal man Luke Marsh who was tasered, pepper-sprayed referred to ACT Policing's professional standards unit

Warning: This story contains distressing content. The arrest of a Canberra man who was tasered and pepper-sprayed on suspicion he had breached the peace is referred to ACT police's professional standards unit after the case was thrown out by a court.

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Sydney news: Rain set to return to the Harbour City, bus drivers to strike next week

MORNING BRIEFING: Commuters in Sydney face another day of disruption next week with bus drivers planning to walk off the job for 24 hours.

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