In a move designed to combat youth crime in Alice Springs, Northern Territory Police will now act as truancy officers. This is the latest attempt by the Territory Government to crack down on growing youth issues in Alice Springs. From Monday police will have dedicated police patrols during the day ...

Local MPs Alison Anderson and Adam Giles are calling for an end to the level of street violence with the introduction of a youth curfew. To highlight the cause, they spent much of last week walking the streets of Alice after dark....

It's a long way from Central Australia to Canberra but three local students have crossed the great divide to find themselves in the heart of the nation's capital....

A politican has called for a youth curfew after being trapped in an Alice Springs shop...

It's about 9:30pm on Saturday night, and the Mission Australia Youth Beat van is on the move, prowling the streets of Darwin and Palmerston....

Have young people been forgotten in this election campaign?...

Some of the floats in tomorrow's St Patrick's Day parade through Brisbane's CBD have histories just as colourful as the 10 per cent of Australians who claim Irish ancestry. The Irish Association float is a 'real-life project' being constructed by school trainees in Salisbury. ...

The Queensland Government's Inquiry into alcohol-related violence isn't due to report its findings until March 18, but already interest groups are protesting. Lobby group 'Queensland Locked Out' will be protesting against the QPU's proposal of a 2am nightclub shutdown - but do they have any ...

The federal government is looking at introducing an 18+ rating for computer and video games, and the Department for Home Affairs has received a record number of submissions on the issue. Gaming is a massive industry -- there has been a 50 per cent increase since 2008. So do we need an adult rating for ...

Family relationships, friendships and the impact of traumas past and present are at the heart of a new novel by Melina Marchetta, author of <em>Looking For Alibrandi</em>, <em>Saving Francesca</em> and two other novels. Melina was an English teacher at a boys' school for a decade before taking ...