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Pennsylvania’s aging prisons weren’t built for today’s extreme weather – leaving women and seniors especially at risk of illness and death
Governments across Australia know how to stop violence against Indigenous women, they just don’t do it
Federal youth justice inquiry highlights an urgent need for national standards
‘Youth crime is falling across the board’ – Senate committee calls for national taskforce and minimum standards in youth justice
Senate Youth Justice Inquiry Finds ‘reform Is Required’
National standards recommendation a landmark step for children in youth justice
Research exposes barriers for First Nations people with disability in justice system
The Territory is jailing more people than ever — and it is making us less safe
Doorstop – Darwin
$2 million boost for throughcare supports in the Northern Territory
Mandatory minimum sentences for children and adults will make Queensland less safe
Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy TV Interview – ABC News Breakfast
New Prisons For NT Are Costly Bet On Failing System
Healing, not handcuffs: research finds pathway to reduce child incarceration
Decolonizing economics means questioning where its ideas came from – and imagining new ones
Television Interview – ABC News Breakfast
New NT child safety laws ignore expert warnings, fail vulnerable children
NAIDOC Week March Darwin
There must be truth and accountability for prison violence: Sri Lanka
National Roundtable Calls for Urgent Action on Murdered and Disappeared Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women and Children
More Funding To Help End Gender-based Violence In Tasmania
Global Partnership Empowering Women At Bandyup
Streetwork tells NSW Parliament: early intervention works, but NSW needs a funding mechanism to scale it
Proposed tougher penalties for theft would punish mostly women – and harm their daughters
Fall in youth crime highlights need to focus on the real crime, not vulnerable teenagers
From prejudice to harm – current policies targeting trans people follow a clear pattern of escalation
Release – Supreme Court Justice to keynote KWOOP’s 10th Annual Parliamentary Breakfast
Calls for reform following the DPP decision announced on the one-year anniversary of Kumanjayi White’s death
Prison education program wins $1.5M to create national research hub
Supporting Better Futures For Women In Custody
‘Good’ character removed as a consideration in sentencing for sexual offences
Federal Budget takes steps on fairness but falls short on equality: Oxfam Australia
Four in five children in prison haven’t been sentenced: new data shows alarming increase in locking up kids
Call for urgent national action after UN raises ‘grave concerns’ about treatment of Indigenous children
Punishment prioritised by cuts to mental health and sexual violence services
Indigenous children face systemic racial discrimination in criminal justice system, UN committee warns: Australia
New report calls for radical rethink of how Australian institutions support Lived Experience Leadership
UN experts welcome Truth Commission on violations committed during Civil War and Franco dictatorship: Spain
From Serving Nation To Serving Prison Sentence
Misguided ‘tough on crime’ policies leading to Closing the Gap failures: Jesuit Social Services
New research explores Indigenous people’s experience of the criminal legal system
Vic gov urged to honour Royal Commission promise, restore axed mental health social housing funding
AMSANT welcomes new Closing the Gap investment as progress remains critical
Greens urge Labor to show courage and leadership towards First Nations justice
Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy Radion interview – ABC AM
Submission To NDIS Amendment Bill 2025
Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy Radio Interview – ABC Radio WA Mornings
Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy TV Interview – ABC News Breakfast

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