Ngalla Maya has received more than $6 million in taxpayer-funded grants from the state and federal governments for an employment and training scheme.
The girl’s disturbing experience in the facility has been detailed in material filed with the Federal Court as part of a class action against the WA government.
Detainees at Banksia Hill Detention Centre have scaled fences and roofs for the second time in as many weeks.
Guards were forced to barricade themselves in rooms after a group of adolescents set fire to buildings and threatened staff on New Year’s Eve.
Mark McGowan’s posturing over Banksia Hill is another illustration of how the conservative side of politics in WA has absolutely nowhere to go.
The relationship between the McGowan government and advocates of children in Banksia Hill has deteriorated rapidly since a crisis meeting last week.
High-profile attendees of last week’s 90-minute Banksia Hill crisis meeting at the premier’s office have offered differing views to the government of how the meeting went.
Independent Curtin MP Kate Chaney first raised her concerns about Banksia Hill Detention Centre with Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney in August.
National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds says a national approach to fixing the system must be taken just like the approach for domestic violence.
The minister in charge of overseeing Western Australia’s only juvenile prison has refused to answer questions about the use of a “folding up” restraint technique on children.
The social media peanut gallery may have a cold-hearted response to the plight of juveniles in youth detention centres,but that doesn’t mean politicians have to,Stuart Kinner says.