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Discrimination case launched over child removals

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families have launched legal action against the Western Australian and NSW governments over child removals.

AAP · Nov 20, 2024

First Nations boy, 10, dies in apparent suicide while in state care in Western Australia

Advocates say the boy took his own life, leaving his family ‘devastated’ and triggering a coronial inquest

The Guardian - AU · Apr 18, 2024

Labor vows to ‘get to the bottom’ of robodebt – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 23, 2023

Cassius Turvey: thousands attend vigils across the country for allegedly murdered schoolboy

Rallies from Perth to Sydney pay tribute to 15-year-old killed on his way home from school in Western Australia

The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2022

Thousands gather in Perth suburb to remember Indigenous teenager Cassius Turvey

The mother of Cassius Turvey calls for calm as nationwide vigils mark the Aboriginal teenager's death.

ABC News · Oct 31, 2022

‘We will see a death’: advocates fear for children inside maximum-security Perth prison after boy self-harms

Teenager taken to WA hospital is one of 17 young people transferred from Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre

The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2022

Perth protesters rally over plan to move Banksia Hill Detention Centre boys to Casuarina Prison

WA's Commissioner for Children and Young People and protestors voice their opposition to the transfer of 20 boys from Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre to Casuarina Prison.

ABC News · Jul 14, 2022

Woman fears her teen grandson may die if transferred with other boys to WA adult prison

Noongar grandmother fears for boy’s safety if state government moves him from Banksia Hill juvenile centre to maximum security jail

The Guardian - AU · Jul 13, 2022

Loss of culture, lack of legal support direct children to Banksia Hill detention while parents feel helpless

This mother has lived in the Kimberley for 30 years, but she cannot grow old in her own home because she is helping her children break the cycle of youth crime.

ABC News · Apr 6, 2022

COVID-19 lockdowns see WA prisoners go days without washing or exercise

Staff are attacked and prisoners are locked down for weeks at a time as WA's prison system struggles to cope with COVID-19 outbreaks.

ABC News · Mar 28, 2022