Less than 10 per cent of young offenders in Queensland are under 14, a report says, as states weigh increasing the criminal age of responsibility.
Australians will soon know the wording of the question they will vote on to establish an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution.
Queensland Police found a Brisbane Watch House officer did not complete adequate safety checks on Aunty Sherry, an Indigenous woman who died in custody.
Northern Queensland and NT communities are bracing for more rainfall, with some regions still cut off after months of downpours.
Justin Mohamed has been named as Australia's inaugural Ambassador for First Nations People, with the role expected to elevate Indigenous voices.
Shiralee Deanne Tilberoo, known as Aunty Sherry, died at the Brisbane watch house in September 2020, prompting Black Lives Matter protests across the city.
As a new poll shows support for an Indigenous voice to parliament falling, a key advocate has called on the coalition to get behind the referendum.
The Queensland Coroners Court is investigating the deaths in custody of Shiralee Deanne Tilberoo in 2020 and Vlasta Wylucki in 2018.
Changes to referendum mechanics proposed by the Albanese government will be shot down by the opposition unless Labor meets two key demands.
Townsville's mayor says child offenders should be in rehabilitation programs in detention or sent to live in more structured environments away from the city.
A senior officer has defended a police unit being heavily armed as the inquest into Kumanjayi Walker's death heard of a "military" look to his bungled arrest.
Indigenous community members gathered at the site of British contact to mark the return of Kamay spears to traditional owners, 252 years after they were stolen.
Police were not informed that an Indigenous teenager who left an alcohol rehabilitation unit wanted to return, an inquest into his shooting death has heard.
A Far North Queensland mayor says children as young as eight are out late at night because they're unsafe at home as the state weighs harsher youth laws.
A Torres Strait Islands cost-of-living summit looking at how to ease soaring basic food prices, particularly on outer islands, will be held on March 20.
Proposed laws that would likely put Queensland children in detention may increase the risk of reoffending and not improve safety, an inquiry has been told.
A senior Liberal MP says there is scope for co-operation with Labor on a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice, but the focus must be on outcomes.
A senior police officer has told the Kumanjayi Walker inquest that a special unit deviated from a plan to arrest him and it should have used different tactics.
Native title over Torres Strait islands Warral and Ului is shared by the Badulgal and Mualgal peoples but not the Kaurareg group, the Federal Court says.
Top Queensland legal bodies have criticised the lack of consultation on the Palaszczuk government's youth justice bill, saying it's likely to cause more crime.
Lawyers for the NT Police have told an inquest into the death of Indigenous teen Kumanjayi Walker the officer who shot him is trying to intimidate witnesses.
Fishermen in the Torres Strait Islands say their traditional livelihoods are being threatened by foreign vessels and commercial mainland boats.
Warren Mundine, one of the loudest voices in the campaign against an Indigenous voice to parliament, wants to be convinced to switch sides.
Delegates from around the world have heard from Indigenous Australians on traditional fire management practices at a forum in Darwin.
National Children's Commissioner Anne Hollonds says Queensland's plan for tougher bail laws and more children's prisons will fail to improve community safety.
NT policeman Zachary Rolfe, who shot Indigenous teen Kumanjayi Walker dead, has penned an open letter defending his character and left Australia.
The voice to parliament is a "re-election vanity project" for the prime minister who won't detail how the body will work, the deputy opposition leader says.
The "yes" campaign backing the Indigenous voice to parliament has received $5 million in philanthropic funding ahead of the referendum later this year.
Co-chair of the Uluru Dialogue says the referendum is a vote on the principle of the voice to parliament, with finer details to be worked out by parliament.
A Queensland government bill that sets out a proposed map to a treaty, including a new truth and healing inquiry, has been introduced to parliament.
The Queensland government says its criminalising breaching bail as part of its youth crime crackdown because the community has called for it.
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