At a time when youth justice policy across Australia has taken an increasingly punitive turn, a federal Senate inquiry has laid out the evidence for a different path. It stopped short, however, of recommending the range of reforms needed.
Released on Friday, the inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system has been almost two years in the making. After the 2025 federal election interrupted the original inquiry, it was re-established in October 2025.
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