Bianca Hall

No Victorian judge after trial has applied the minimum jail terms for select violence offences that have been in place ...

Mandatory sentencing collapses amid politicians' tough talk

EXCLUSIVE

Mandatory sentencing has been a spectacular failure in Victoria, with the state's judges refusing to impose minimum jail terms for violent offenders.

Senator Malcolm Roberts during a press conference at Parliament House Canberra on Tuesday.

Hanson, Roberts cancel plans to address Melbourne's Jewish right

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and Queensland senator Malcolm Roberts have cancelled a planned event with a Jewish group on Sunday, citing security fears.

With her face bruised and her fingers missing the rings she'd worn for years, Maria faced the media on Wednesday.

Bashed, choked, robbed by graffiti cowards, Maria now lives in fear

Nine days after she was set upon in a Brunswick toilet block, elderly cleaner still can't speak and has a large black and purple bruise on her forehead. She's also very, very scared.

Aboriginal children are no longer being detained in Barwon prison .

Tough stance in tatters after backflip on Aboriginal kids in adult jail

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All Aboriginal children have been removed from Barwon prison after the state government backed down in the face of a Supreme Court challenge, a move which could see the collapse of its tough approach to rioting youth detainees.

'This is hell on earth': Teenagers in lockdown at Barwon

EXCLUSIVE

Children as young as 16 have been kept almost exclusively in their cells in the maximum security Barwon prison, with no access to outside areas and fresh air, and no visits from their families, sources within the prison have revealed.

An artist's impression of the plan for 26-56 Queens Parade, North Fitzroy.

When is 'heritage' a code word for NIMBYism?

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These developments are increasingly being opposed by those who want to shut the door on entry to their suburb after themselves.