Herald Sun could face contempt of court charges
A Supreme Court judge has recommended that the Herald Sun newspaper be hit with contempt of court charges, after it published a report that he said could influence a murder trial.
Bianca Hall is Legal Affairs reporter for The Age
A Supreme Court judge has recommended that the Herald Sun newspaper be hit with contempt of court charges, after it published a report that he said could influence a murder trial.
Chaos has engulfed the Andrews government's approach to juvenile detainees, teenage prison solution, with 15 youths to remain at Barwon Prison in the short term despite the Victorian Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday that jailing children in adult prisons is illegal.
State government simply unable to find secure accommodation for 15 at-risk teenage boys.
How much would you spend to feel safe? And would you spend it despite knowing it wasn't, actually, making you any safer at all?
Jenny* was just 10 years old when she started slipping notes into her neighbour's letterbox.
His mother probably smoked while she was pregnant. Maybe she drank, too.
"Sascha" told his lawyers he had been locked alone in the "punishment room" at Barwon prison - a dusty room filled with spiders, and with no running water in the taps or toilet. Inside, he banged his head on the wall and threatened suicide.
More than a dozen teenagers will spend at least one more weekend in jail, with a Supreme Court judge reserving his decision on whether their incarceration at Barwon is legal.
Authorities struck on a plan to send only unconvicted minors to the maximum security Barwon prison, it has been revealed.
Detention of children could place Victoria in breach of international conventions.
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