The housing minister was on Sunrise earlier speaking about the Iranian missile attack on Israel – which she described as a ‘hugely concerning development’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChildren’s commissioner to address National Press Club todayThe children’s commissioner, Anne Hollonds, is due to address the National Press Club today on a new report calling for an overhaul of Australia’s approach to child justice.Well, certainly that kind of slogan, really, is trying to show that ‘we’re really tough up here, we’re going to be tough on crime’. And what our report shows is that that approach, that traditional approach in this country, hasn’t worked and and that basically it’s evident that we’ve misunderstood the nature of the problem we’re trying to solve. We know that toughening up the justice system doesn’t actually prevent crime by children.The idea that the states and territories could fix this on their own has been misguided, we need to work together on it. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-10-01 23:36:46
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