Youth

The Commission of Inquiry into Child Safety has announced it will hold its first public hearing of 2026 in Southern Queensland with a key focus on the intersection between the child safety and youth justice systems. The public hearing will be held in Toowoomba, commencing on Monday the 16th of February ... Commissioner, the Honourable Paul Anastassiou KC said the community's input will help inform the Commission's work in its review of the effectiveness of the child safety system to keep children and Queenslanders safe.

The Finocchiaro CLP Government is restoring National pride in Northern Territory Government schools, with schools directed to play and sing the National Anthem under a new policy introduced by the Minister for Education and Training. The new policy ‘Assemblies, special events and the Australian National Anthem’ mandates all schools to play and sing the National Anthem at school assemblies and special events.

A new program aiming to intervene early and prevent domestic violence is being rolled out to youth in the Northern Territory, in a first for NT Corrections. The Department has partnered with Power Community Limited (PCL) to expand its prevention program, ‘Power to End Violence Against Women’ to young people.