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Lawyers for Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds have made their closing submission in her defamation case against Brittany Higgins today, where they attacked the former staffer’s “litany of lies” and how she used her trauma as a “catch-all excuse”. The high-profile defamation case between the senator and her former staffer is…

A defamation trial pitting a senator against Brittany Higgins has received evidence about the ex-staffer's movements before and after her alleged rape.

WA's Supreme Court hears of the 'damaging' impact long periods of confinement are having on children, as the government blames staffing, infrastructure and detainee behaviour.

The Supreme Court in Western Australia is due to hear an application on Friday related to continued lockdowns at a troubled youth detention centre.

An ABC's Four Corners program will expose the harsh treatment of inmates at a youth detention centre in Perth.

Lawyers will seek a Federal Court injunction on the transfer of children to a standalone unit at a maximum-security adult prison in Western Australia.

The Supreme Court finds the WA government broke its own laws by locking a boy in his cell for up to 24 hours a day.

The West Australian Supreme Court has ruled that lockdowns in a youth detention centre, largely because of staff shortages are unlawful.