Hon Joe Francis MLA — Board to bring new focus on youth justice

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Hon Joe Francis MLA — Board to bring new focus on youth justice

A group of respected community members will form a Youth Justice Board (YJB) to strengthen the State Government’s commitment to steer young people away from crime. Chaired by Corrective Services Commissioner James McMahon, the nine-member board has expertise in a range of areas including Aboriginal mental health, Aboriginal affairs, drug research, child health and business. […]

Crimea’s war dolphins now in hands of Russian navy

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Crimea’s war dolphins now in hands of Russian navy

Moscow, March 28 (IANS/EFE) The dolphins and sea lions trained by the Ukrainian navy in Crimea for military operations are now in the hands of the Russian navy following the peninsula’s absorption by Russia. The Ukrainian navy resumed the programme, which was scrapped just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 2012 at one of […]