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Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Kate Fitz-Gibbon

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Australia’s youth justice crisis needs national leadership. The Senate inquiry is helpful but isn’t enough

Australia’s youth justice crisis needs national leadership. The Senate inquiry is helpful but isn’t enough

The federal Senate inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system should have mandated a minimum age of criminal responsibility.

21.09.2026 20

The Conversation

Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Victoria’s ‘adult time for violent crime’ reforms will not solve the youth crime problem

16.11.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Victoria’s ‘adult time for violent crime’ reforms will not solve the youth crime problem

These reforms violate human rights obligations, contradict the evidence and will be devastating for children and young people in conflict with the...

12.11.2025 20

The Conversation

Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Australia is failing children who experience violence

06.11.2025 20

The Examiner

Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Australia is failing children who experience violence

06.11.2025 10

Canberra Times

Kate Fitz-Gibbon

South Australia’s domestic and sexual violence royal commission recommendations should be embraced across the country

The 700-page final report has strong recommendations and offers a model that should be examined across Australia.

20.08.2025 10

The Conversation

Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Australia has ministers for seniors and youth. So why not a minister for children?

Responsibility for children is scattered across portfolios, including social services, education, health and Indigenous affairs.

07.08.2025 20

The Conversation

Kate Fitz-Gibbon

‘I was very fearful of my parents’: new research shows how parents can use coercive control on their children

A study interviewing teenagers reveals how parents can coercively control their children under the guise of parental discipline.

28.07.2025 30

The Conversation

Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Child victims of violence are failed by systems designed by and for adults

14.07.2025 30

The Examiner

Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Child victims of violence are failed by systems designed by and for adults

14.07.2025 20

Canberra Times

Kate Fitz-Gibbon