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Archive for June 22nd, 2023
Security upgrade at troubled WA youth detention centre
Prison officers from adult facilities will be sent to WA’s troubled youth detention centre under a new plan to improve safety and care for staff and detainees. June 22, 2023 Security at Western Australia’s troubled youth detention centre will be bolstered by prison officers, as the Cook government investigates if a new facility is needed. […]
Cycle of poverty leaves thousands of children hungry
About 17 per cent of WA children live with food insecurity, with those from low-income Indigenous and refugee families the most likely to suffer, a report says June 22, 2023 Almost one in five children and young people in Western Australia are likely suffer food insecurity, an inquiry into the best ways to tackle the […]
Inquiry to probe justice for child sex abuse survivors
A WA inquiry will examine the support and compensation available to survivors of institutional child sexual abuse. June 22, 2023 The support and compensation available to survivors of institutional child sexual abuse in Western Australia will be put under the microscope. The WA parliament’s Community Development and Justice Standing Committee has launched an inquiry into the […]