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WA Law Society calls on Cook Government to take urgent action on troubled youth corrections system

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WA's highest legal body urged an independent review of the state's youth justice system in a letter to the Cook government, saying repeated calls to improve it “have fallen on deaf ears”. In a letter sent this week to Premier Roger Cook and Minister for Corrections Paul Papalia, the Law Society of WA, the organisation … Read more

Death of teenager in custody triggers calls for judicial reform

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The Australian Human Rights Commission is seeking an urgent meeting with the Premier of Western Australia after another Indigenous teenager dies in custody. Prison staff found the 17-year-old boy in his cell at Banksia Hill Youth Prison in Perth at around 10pm on Thursday. He is believed to have committed suicide.

People's Commission on Housing Crisis calls on Government to help homeless Australians

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Australia needs 750,000 new social housing units over the next two decades to prevent the homelessness crisis from worsening further, new research shows. The People's Commission into the Housing Crisis has released its final report on the country's ongoing risk of homelessness and housing shortages after hearing from more than 1,500 Australians who face housing … Read more

Former police commissioner Karl O'Callaghan calls for night-time speed limits on Western Australia's roads to reduce the number of fatalities

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WA's former top cop has called for night-time speed limits on regional roads as the Wheatbelt emerges as the epicentre of the state's traffic disaster. Another death on Western Australia's roads – 39-year-old Sikeli Nawaqa died on Sunday when his car crashed into a tree in Moora, the 118th fatality this year – sparked a … Read more