Monique Hurley

Aug 31, 2024 | themonthly.com.au | Maggie Munn |Monique Hurley |Stan Grant |James Bradley

Victoria’s backflip on raising the age of criminal responsibility – and the new NT government’s plans to lower it – fails children, Indigenous communities and the nation No child should ever grow up in a prison cell. Children belong in schools and playgrounds, and need to be supported to learn from their mistakes, not locked in cages.

Aug 30, 2024 | themonthly.com.au | James Bradley |Katherine Wilson |Monique Hurley |Maggie Munn

An earworm prompted by a push-button appliance drives the author to distraction – and a Google search for how The Village People are getting on

Aug 16, 2024 | crikey.com.au | Monique Hurley

The criminal legal system is supposed to be fair and just. But for years, successive Victorian governments have ratcheted up a dangerous “tough on crime” agenda resulting in a creep of police powers without any real accountability. This has been made clear this week, with the Allan government presenting its political priorities to us in no uncertain terms — it is more interested in protecting police and their interests than protecting children.