National Indigenous Children's Commissioner says Victoria's harsh new adult time for Violent Crime laws will fail First Nations kids.

This week the Victorian government passed youth crime laws that will see children face adult courts and sentencing – reforms ...

Underage teens could now face life behind bars after new laws passed a state parliament as its government fights to get a ...

Children as young as 14 years old could spend life in prison for some violent crimes after the Victorian parliament passed a ...

In one state, youths aged 14 and above will be sentenced in the County Court instead of the Children’s Court for serious ...

The rate of crime per head of population is up 9 per cent, reaching its highest recorded figures in two decades, as retail ...

The Victorian government has passed its new adult crime laws, with children as young as 14 now facing prison terms for serious offences.

The passage of the Allan Government's new laws to sentence children as adults, exposing them to possible life imprisonment for some crimes, marks a ...

Victoria is following in the footsteps of its northern neighbour Queensland by formally introducing tougher sentences for youth criminals in an 11th hour.