It is a tale of heart-wrenching misery and punishments that would normally break a grown man, let alone three small Hampshire boys.

When Premier Jacinta Allan is photographed proudly advancing Victoria’s Treaty process, she is rightly praised.

Victoria’s proposal to send 14–17 year olds into adult courts ignores international law, expert evidence and decades of failed policy. Rehabilitation, not punishment, is what reduces future harm.

Smacking children is a "Victorian-era punishment" that "undoubtedly harms children's health" and must be banned, leading paediatricians have said. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is ...

Smacking puts children at risk of “really significant physical harm”, leading children’s doctors have said as they call for an end to the “Victorian” punishment. The Royal College of Paediatrics and ...

The Victorian government will seek to implement adult jail sentences for children aged 14 and over who commit serious violent crimes. Under the proposed changes, the maximum jail sentence will be ...