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Guards at Queensland youth detention centres walk off job due to ‘unsafe’ staff shortages

Guards say children being kept in lockdown 80% of the time, with one prison short-staffed for 359 of 365 days last year

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Sue Chrysanthou to be reprimanded for representing Christian Porter in ABC defamation case despite conflict of interest

NSW Bar Council has resolved to reprimand barrister after finding she engaged in ‘unsatisfactory professional conduct’ after complaint by Jo Dyer

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Australian decision to allow psychedelic drug prescriptions criticised by mental health experts

Neuropsychologists and psychiatrists argue the evidence for broad-scale implementation of psychedelic drug use is insufficient

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Domestic violence advocates outraged over potential for ‘watered-down’ Queensland police integrity unit

Expert says anything less than the ‘full implementation of an independent police integrity model’ will fail to prevent the continuation of misconduct

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‘It’s the first thing that they look at’: claims of racial profiling levelled at Victoria police after Covid fines report

Human rights lawyer says report provides ‘robust’ evidence of profiling, which police deny

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Online roulette: the popular chat sites that are drawing in children and horrifying parents

As platforms such as Omegle and Roblox proliferate so do warnings about technology being ‘weaponised to abuse children’. What can families do?

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‘There’s already anxiety’: residents living near Cadia goldmine demand answers on dust pollution

The EPA says Newcrest has introduced ‘significant changes’ to reduce its production of dust after being threatened with regulatory action

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Lawyer claims she wasn’t told for months that Aboriginal teen tried to take her life in youth detention

Incident at South Australia’s Kurlana Tapa centre was downplayed, lawyer claims, but government says safety and wellbeing of children is ‘highest priority’

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Australian sports director of Lotto Dstny to miss Tour de France after allegations he sent an unsolicited image

Cycling team drops Allan Davis from Tour as Twitter user alleges he sent shirtless photo with the comment ‘thought of you’

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Widespread locking of children in solitary lambasted by Australian children’s commissioner

Anne Hollonds says staff shortage no excuse for disciplinary confinement practice that is ‘never acceptable, for any length of time’

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Children self-harming to escape prolonged confinement in cells, South Australian watchdog says

Children locked in cells for up to 23 hours at Adelaide youth detention centre

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Barnaby Joyce and Keith Pitt oppose total ban of online gambling ads

National party MPs argue it is a ‘legitimate industry’ and that it should be ‘managed appropriately’ to avoid commercial stations suffering

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NSW Health tells GPs not to blanket test residents living near Cadia hill goldmine

Exclusive: Local doctors urged to avoid screening for heavy metals unless patients show symptoms or have clear source of exposure

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Federal ban on gambling inducements would have greater impact than ad restrictions, insiders say

Australian parliamentary inquiry has called for immediate prohibition of inducements such as bonus bets and rewards programs

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‘Whatever it takes’: the activists who risk prison to shatter Australia’s climate complacency

Protesters are taking increasingly extreme action to highlight ecological collapse – and new, more draconian laws are failing to stop them

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Inquiry to look at allegations of ‘vile’ historical child sexual abuse at Victorian state school

Daniel Andrews pledges formal apology to victim-survivors who attended Beaumaris primary school in 1960s and 1970s

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Taylor Swift Sydney and Melbourne presale tickets sold out after record 4m users join Ticketek queue

Australian fans faced hours-long virtual queues and tried a range of strategies as second tranche of Eras tour presale tickets went on sale

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Queensland Police Tasered An Aboriginal Man Six Times Before He Died

An internal police investigation found the officers to have acted lawfully and reasonably.

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Case of Queensland teenager who likely spent 500 days in solitary ‘most egregious’ on record

Treatment of disabled Indigenous youth who was regularly kept in room for more than 20 hours a day may amount to torture, advocates say

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HWL Ebsworth hack: sensitive information from dozens of government agencies may be compromised

Hundreds of law firm’s clients waiting on confirmation of whether they are affected by data leaked in cyberattack

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Morning Mail: tributes follow sudden death of Simon Crean, teen’s 500 days in solitary, Australia on top in Ashes

Australia’s political leaders honour the legacy of the former Labor leader following his shock death, aged 74

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Five hundred days in solitary: Queensland teenager’s case ‘a major failure of our system’

Exclusive: Staff shortages at Cleveland youth detention centre led to teenager being confined to his cell for more than 20 hours a day

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Australian Anglican schools left exposed as insurers refuse to indemnify church against child abuse claims

State governments fear lack of insurance means churches will withdraw out-of-home care and youth homelessness services

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‘Avalanche’ of demand for Nazi artefacts ahead of Australian ban on sale of hate symbols

Jewish groups decry ‘vomit-inducing’ frenzy of auctions before impending law change that will also prohibit public display of items

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Queensland corruption watchdog accused of undermining attempts to stamp out police investigating police

Exclusive: The CCC has advocated for an integrity model that would only investigate the most serious complaints against officers

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