Stronger Law Enforcement Contributes to Prison Population Being the Highest Ever in NSW

Stronger Law Enforcement Contributes to Prison Population Being the Highest Ever in NSW

The New South Wales adult prisoner population has risen to its highest numbers ever seen, with 14,070 inmates in this state’s correctional facilities in March 2026. This is due to a particularly stark surge in those sent to prison over four months of last summer, which was driven by increased arrests being made by NSW police, and First Nations people ...
UN Demands Australia Halts Its Intensification of the Funnelling of First Nations Kids into Prisons

UN Demands Australia Halts Its Intensification of the Funnelling of First Nations Kids into Prisons

Recent years have seen multiple Australian jurisdictions pass laws that ultimately target First Nations children to ensure more end up in prison and remain there longer. This flies under the radar, as the term “youth justice reform” is colourblind. However, the UN has cottoned on to Australia’s racially charged, long-term and intensifying practice of ...
Theatre for young audiences should be seen as critical for children’s cultural agency

Theatre for young audiences should be seen as critical for children’s cultural agency

Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore/PolyglotYoung children are spending less and less time outdoors. Most Australian preschool children don’t play outside every day. This is despite research that suggests time spent in non-urban outdoor environments is linked to better physical and mental health, social competence, resilience and stronger learning outcomes. ...
What is the ‘Thucydides trap’ Xi warned Trump about? Lessons from an ancient war between Athens and Sparta

What is the ‘Thucydides trap’ Xi warned Trump about? Lessons from an ancient war between Athens and Sparta

Grafissimo/GettyDuring their high-stakes meeting in Beijing this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly asked US President Donald Trump if the two countries could overcome the “Thucydides trap”. This phrase, popularised by contemporary US political scientist Graham Allison in the early 2010s, is used to describe how two countries can

Stronger Law Enforcement Contributes to Prison Population Being the Highest Ever in NSW

Stronger Law Enforcement Contributes to Prison Population Being the Highest Ever in NSW
The New South Wales adult prisoner population has risen to its highest numbers ever seen, with 14,070 inmates in this state’s correctional facilities in March 2026. This is due to a particularly stark surge in those sent to prison over four months of last summer, which was driven by increased arrests being made by NSW police, and First Nations people ...

UN Demands Australia Halts Its Intensification of the Funnelling of First Nations Kids into Prisons

UN Demands Australia Halts Its Intensification of the Funnelling of First Nations Kids into Prisons
Recent years have seen multiple Australian jurisdictions pass laws that ultimately target First Nations children to ensure more end up in prison and remain there longer. This flies under the radar, as the term “youth justice reform” is colourblind. However, the UN has cottoned on to Australia’s racially charged, long-term and intensifying practice of ...

Theatre for young audiences should be seen as critical for children’s cultural agency

Theatre for young audiences should be seen as critical for children’s cultural agency
Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore/PolyglotYoung children are spending less and less time outdoors. Most Australian preschool children don’t play outside every day. This is despite research that suggests time spent in non-urban outdoor environments is linked to better physical and mental health, social competence, resilience and stronger learning outcomes. ...

What is the ‘Thucydides trap’ Xi warned Trump about? Lessons from an ancient war between Athens and Sparta

What is the ‘Thucydides trap’ Xi warned Trump about? Lessons from an ancient war between Athens and Sparta
Grafissimo/GettyDuring their high-stakes meeting in Beijing this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly asked US President Donald Trump if the two countries could overcome the “Thucydides trap”. This phrase, popularised by contemporary US political scientist Graham Allison in the early 2010s, is used to describe how two countries can