Bosses who unreasonably contact their staff after hours face fines and jail time after the Greens snuck criminal penalties into a new “right to disconnect”, leaving Labor scrambling to fix its own law.

Melbourne’s Catholic Church has lost a major legal fight to block the parents, siblings, friends and families of abuse victims from suing for ­damages.

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has asked the government to revisit the trial of GPS trackers for teen criminals on bail, saying only 33 devices had been issued, with five now in use.

Police are targeting “gang” ringleaders luring vulnerable children into committing crime in exchange for cash, drugs and alcohol and fuelling a youth crime spike across Adelaide, it can be revealed.