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Queensland’s chief police union says domestic and family violence reporting is creating unmanageable workloads and draining resources, leading to more officers leaving the force.

Police need hundreds more officers as domestic violence calls skyrocket

The state’s top police union says officers are responding to more than 500 domestic and family violence-related occurrences a day, with the number expected to grow.

  • Courtney Kruk

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Feinstein says guitars remain the most popular instrument among detainees, although there are often requests for regional instruments, especially from asylum seekers from the Middle East.

‘Everything else disappears’: How music brings relief in detention centres

Philip Feinstein, 76, collects donated instruments to deliver to those waiting in immigration detention.

  • Penry Buckley
Andrew John Hickling was running a lucrative drugs operation from a Northam detention centre.

Detainee handed hefty jail sentence for running ‘brazen’ drugs business from Yongah Hill

Andrew Hickling imported drugs and dirty money into WA, running a lucrative business all while incarcerated at Northam’s Yongah Hill Detention Centre.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Queensland’s youth detention centres are often full, so children are being held in adult watch houses.

No access to fresh air: Children held in ‘inadequate’ adult watch houses for weeks

Children being held in adult watch houses for extended periods of time are using mattresses to surround themselves when using the toilet.

  • Keira Jenkins
Youth justice in WA is at crisis point.

Why are we still locking up our children?

Another day, another kid found dead in a prison cell. It’s not the system that needs to change, it’s our thinking.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt

‘Forgotten kids’ in detention falling between cracks

Qld youth workers are in despair over kids spending 20-plus hours a day confined to a room, while judges last week described one child’s isolation as a disgrace.

  • Cheryl Goodenough
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Immigration Minister Andrew Giles.

Home Affairs boss admits her department didn’t warn Giles on detainee visa challenges

The immigration minister has been under fire over a directive he issued last year that has been linked to several tribunal decisions allowing visa holders to stay despite committing serious crimes.

  • Angus Thompson
Coalition senator Paul Scarr says there are “real-world consequences” for vulnerable communities if Labor’s bill is passed.

Why this Coalition senator is calling for empathy in the immigration debate

A Queensland Liberal senator is urging a rethink from all sides of politics, saying the proposed legislation would have “real-world consequences” for vulnerable people.

  • Angus Thompson
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has suffered an embarrassing defeat of his government’s rush deportation bill.

Labor MPs raise community fears over deportation bill

Party sources say Bennelong MP Jerome Laxale questioned the impact of provisions blocking visas from countries who don’t accept the return of their citizens.

  • Angus Thompson
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles.

Labor plans new defence in court clash over immigration detainees

The government intends to mount a fresh defence in the High Court against asylum seekers who refuse to co-operate with Australian authorities.

  • David Crowe

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