Australia has imposed a mandatory one-year prison sentence for performing the Nazi salute as part of an effort to tackle ...

Australia significantly toughened its laws against hate crimes on Thursday, adopting amendments that make prison sentences ...

Nationally, our per capita imprisonment rate outpaces Canada, the United Kingdom and all of Western Europe. Annual operating ...

The long overdue release of Palestinian aid worker and prisoner of conscience, Mohammed al-Halabi, as part of the ...

Former professional cyclist Jack Bobridge has spoken publicly for the first time about the dark hole he fell into after his ...

Australia has enacted new legislation today that mandates a minimum prison sentence of one year for individuals who exhibit Nazi salutes or other “hate symbols.” This legislative action comes ...

New data reveals 27 Indigenous children in Australia attempted self-harm in prison last financial year, the National ...

Australia's toughest ever "anti-terror" laws have passed parliament, promising mandatory prison sentences for publicly displaying any terror symbol.

Prison workers have called for a vote of no confidence in the Territory’s Corrections Commissioner Matthew Varley.

HATE symbols and terror offences in Australia will now be subject to mandatory prison terms, MPs agreed on Thursday. The new laws, which could bring prison terms ...

Foreign minister Penny Wong said the Australian Government has "serious concerns" for the health of Chinese-Australian writer ...