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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
New bill to establish National Commission for First Peoples children welcomed by top human rights advocates
New data highlights the shocking impact of costly and ineffective of tough on crime policies on First Nations peoples
Ministerial Statement 3 February
Improving Access To Justice
Childhood trauma linked to high risk of self-harm in teens
Community advisory committee provides input into the establishment of new board of inquiry
Egypt must lift restrictions on released human rights defenders: UN experts
Families Reveal Harsh Reality Of Prison Visits
‘Treated like sheep’: families reveal harsh reality of prison visits
UN Working Group raises major concerns about detention of indigenous people, children and migrants: Australia
‘Tough on crime’ policies are causing Indigenous people to die in custody
Closing the gap in one generation: Celebrating 20 years of the Cape York Leaders Program
NSW Select Committee on Youth Justice a landmark opportunity for evidence-based reform
Victoria’s plan to sentence children as adults a dangerous and costly political stunt
NSW makes smart investment for safer regional communities
Nerita Waight calls for reform in Victorias legal and policy landscape
New report unpacks evidence-based approaches to preventing crime by children

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