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Cairns watch house
Coverage of Cairns watch house in the Nexus archive.
- Queensland unlawfully detained children in adult watch house without private toilet access, tribunal finds
The Queensland government unlawfully detained three children aged 13-17 in an adult-only watch house in Cairns without private toilet access or clean clothes, violating their human rights. A tribunal ruled this breached the law and ordered the state to apologize.