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

If state governments across Australia are serious about youth crime, they must abandon headline-grabbing, punishment-heavy ...

Some ministers threatened to quit if it didn’t go far enough in punishments for youth offenders while others said they would ...

Children aged 14 and above will face adult sentences in adult courts if caught committing violent crimes such as home ...

THE Rise Up Australia Party expects its preferences to determine the next Victorian government, and will push for a return of the paddle in schools. PARTY leader Daniel Nalliah said parents would be ...

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 ...