Victorian teenagers behind violent home invasions and carjackings have been flown to Queensland theme parks as part of their ...

Violent offenders using knives may be locked up for longer as a record number of machetes and other blades are seized, mainly ...

“The statistics from the Victorian Crime Statistics agency do show an uptick in crime with an 18.3 per cent increase in incidents recorded by Victoria police across 12 months ending in June 2025.

These reforms violate human rights obligations, contradict the evidence and will be devastating for children and young people ...

An under-pressure state government has one eye on an election with moves to knock youth crime out of the headlines, political ...

Jacinta Allan has repeatedly refused to put her job on the line as part of the Victorian government’s youth crime crackdown.

A former Victorian Premier says youths who use knives and machetes should go to a “prison farm” and that once they decide to use edged weapons, “they have no rights”.

Young offenders in Victoria could face life imprisonment under proposed reforms, but advocates say the move won't make ...

Some ministers threatened to quit if it didn’t go far enough in punishments for youth offenders while others said they would ...

Premier Jacinta Allen continued her crime crackdown unveiling tougher laws for offenders targeting retail staff.

The Allan government will mirror Queensland with harsher jail sentences for children, but experts say the new legislation ...