Detention
Senate inquiry calls for end to indefinite detention of the disabled
A senate inquiry into the prisons of Australia has found around 100 people with disabilities are being detained without a......
Immigration detention “cruel, inhuman and degrading”
The UN Special Rapporteur for the rights of Migrants ended his official tour of Australia today, releasing a highly critical......
Refugees on Manus and Nauru to be banned: what does it all mean
The Federal government is expected to introduce new legislation this week that will ban refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru......
Juvenile Detention Royal Commission needs practical outcomes
Today is the second day of the royal Commission into juvenile detention in the Northern Territory. As the commission hears more......
Is life that much better outside of detention?
Despite the front doors to Australia’s offshore detention centre on Manus Island being open for detainees to go where they......
Turnbull boasts Australia best in the world for border protection
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is in New York ahead of the United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants. Speaking to the......
New anti-terror laws to control 14-year-olds
If you are turning 14, you will now fall under the new anti-terror laws about to be introduced into parliament......
Reforms to see 17-year-olds leave adult prisons
17-year-olds will no longer be held in adult prisons in Queensland under new law reforms announced by the Palaszcuk government.......
Child prisoner abuse details need for system revamp
Footage of child abuse at the Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre in The Northern Territory has shocked the nation and......
Exposing the impact of offshore detention
The world is currently experiencing the worst refugee crisis seen since WWII, with sixty million people currently displaced around the......