About two thirds of young people engaged in the Youth Crime Prevention Program offended within six months of starting it, a Victorian auditor-general's report has found. #youth #crime #state #territory #government

An inquest hears that about 100 inmates from Goulburn prison will be transferred to Junee jail, but staffing will remain the same. #prisons #suicide #courts #death #dying #mental #health #legal #profession #state #territory #government

The grief-stricken parents of young boy Gus Lamont, who vanished almost a year ago, say they are "desperate for answers", urging anyone to come forward with information on what happened to their son. #missing #person #police #crime #children #regional #communities #laws #state #territory #government

The state government will allow greyhound racing to continue — but with an integrity oversight body — after the industry was given two years to improve its standards. #greyhound #racing #animal #cruelty #state #territory #government

The national Aboriginal children's commissioner has arrived in Port Hedland after reports of children living unsupervised in the Pilbara town sparked a political firestorm.  #child #abuse #state #territory #government #youth #crime #regional #communities

Family-run firearms businesses say they are copping the brunt of the Minns government's post-Bondi gun laws, with some forced to sell their homes and dip into their retirement nest eggs. #state #territory #government #gun #control #crime #prevention #businesses

Months on from the worst flooding Katherine has seen in almost three decades, the regional Northern Territory town has welcomed a $13.3m government promise to establish a new levee. #government #funding #floods #regional #development #planning #communities #state #territory

The NSW government is being urged to support mandatory life sentences for domestic violence murders committed when an ADVO or bail conditions are in place. #domestic #violence #courts #police #state #territory #parliament

Tasmanian public service workers have left in tears after snap meetings in which they were informed about job cuts in their teams, a union says. #public #service #state #territory #government #sector

Former WA premier Mark McGowan is tipped for appointment to the board of Southern Cross Media Group, which owns Channel 7, newspapers, websites and radio services across Australia. #media #industry #state #territory #government #company #news

The City of Perth sacks its chief executive officer Michelle Reynolds, who had been suspended from her job since May. #local #government #state #territory #politics

The first open hearing of Victoria's construction sector royal commission has begun in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court. #royal #commissions #state #territory #government

A war of words has erupted over a suggestion from the ACT Greens that co-locating data centres with Canberra's public pools should be considered. #state #territory #parliament #government #data #centres #local

The locations of close to a dozen new stations have been mapped out as the state government considers potential metro and heavy rail extensions in parts of Sydney. #infrastructure #state #territory #government #rail #transport #industry #trains

The SA government admits that the condition of a Murraylands road is unacceptable despite recent attempts at running repairs. #roads #state #territory #government

A private investigator has told the state's corruption watchdog that Jean Nassif wanted to investigate one of his enemies because the fugitive developer "hated him". #corruption #anti #agencies #state #territory #government

The technical assessment, conducted by the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority (GIICA) and marine engineering firm WaterProof, has also not been released publicly. #olympic #games #venues #state #territory #government #rowing

More than half the wood removed under WA's trial of ecological thinning is being chipped, burned or exported overseas, according to information revealed in state parliament. #forestry #logging #timber #industry #forests #state #territory #government

Victoria will require new data centres to source their own renewable energy under a strategy unveiled by Premier Ben Carroll. #state #territory #government #ai

At least 80 Tasmanian public service jobs have been identified to be abolished as part of ongoing government efforts to shrink the state service. #public #service #state #territory #government