Start from a question.
Each issue gathers the law, the movement, and the people on one strategic problem, with a playbook of what worked and what failed.
When a state tries to move asylum seekers to a third country for processing, when does the law stop it?
How courts constrain sending asylum seekers to a third country, and the advocacy that forced evacuations.
Does the duty not to return people to danger apply before they reach your shore?
Whether the duty not to return people to danger reaches the high seas: the Hirsi and Sale split.
Can a state detain non-citizens without a court promptly checking why?
Whether non-citizens can be held without prompt judicial review, across courts and a venue-shifting campaign.
Can a government switch off the right to claim asylum at its border?
Litigation and advocacy against transit bans, entry restrictions, and rules that close the asylum door.
How young is too young to be held criminally responsible, and why does the line keep moving?
The campaign to lift the minimum age of criminal responsibility to at least 14, and the states that moved both ways.
What happens to children inside youth detention, and what have the inquiries found?
Royal commissions and inspectorate reports into conditions, abuse, and the use of adult prisons for children.
What works instead of detention, and who should hold the money?
The evidence for community-led, place-based alternatives to youth detention, and the money that follows.
Thirty years after the royal commission, why do First Nations people keep dying in custody?
The 1991 royal commission, its recommendations, and the gap between them and what was implemented.
When does removing or detaining a parent break the family, and what does the law do about it?
How courts weigh family unity against removal and detention powers, gathered from the real cases that already carry these tags.
How does the law treat asylum seekers who are children, survivors of torture, or otherwise at heightened risk?
The procedural-protection thread that runs through the asylum and Article 3 records, gathered as one issue.
How do courts decide whether returning someone is a real risk, and what evidence carries that finding?
The country-conditions evidence pattern behind real-risk findings, gathered from the records that already carry these tags.
What stops a state turning people away before they can lodge a claim?
Records on the right to lodge an asylum claim at the border, gathered alongside the transit-bans issue.
Why are children still held in police watch houses and adult cells, and what has been found about it?
Inquiry findings and conditions records on children held in watch houses and adult facilities.
What diverts a child away from the justice system before a charge sticks, and where does the evidence sit?
The evidence and records on pre-court diversion for children in Australia.
How many children are locked up before any finding of guilt, and what drives it?
Records and evidence on the remand of children before trial in Australia.
How does contact with police shape the path of First Nations children into the justice system?
Records on policing contact and over-representation for First Nations children.
What does locking up a child actually cost, and what could that money do instead?
The cost evidence behind youth detention and the reinvestment alternatives.
What happens to a young person after release, and what reduces their return to custody?
Post-release and recidivism evidence for young people leaving detention in Australia.