Social Justice
NT Government releases draft Aboriginal Justice Agreement proposal to reform and improve the criminal justice system for Indigenous offenders
Thursday, September 12 2019
Today the Northern Territory Government released a draft proposal outlining strategies and pathways to reduce the incarceration and recidivism rates......
Spinifex Gum choir sings for Voice, Treaty and Truth
Tuesday, September 10 2019
Spinifex Gum, a choir of young indigenous women, performed in Parliament House yesterday, as politicians returned to Canberra after the......
Liptember – makeup for a good cause
Tuesday, September 10 2019
Liptember is a campaign that runs through the month of September and calls on people to purchase lipstick which raises......
Legal Challenge to Robodebt scheme
Monday, September 9 2019
Victoria Legal Aid is pursuing a second case which questions the legality of the Robodebt scheme. Bill Shorten, ex Labor......
Cashless Card Scheme Could Go National
Monday, September 9 2019
Calls to widen the scope of the cashless welfare card scheme that’s been trialed in parts of Queensland, New South......
Concerns over solitary confinement of youth prisoners
Friday, September 6 2019
Youth advocates are concerned over excessive isolation of young prisoners in Victoria after an Ombudsman report into the state’s youth......
Forum aims to help Kin carers support Indigenous children
Thursday, September 5 2019
It’s a cultural practice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders extended families to play a key role in raising children,......
Two day deportation reprieve for Tamil family
Wednesday, September 4 2019
Today in Melbourne a Federal Court judge delayed the deportation of Nadesalingam Murugappan, his wife Priya and their two small......
West Papua Independence Campaign
Tuesday, September 3 2019
Calls for the UN Human Rights Commissioner to visit West Papua after clashes between Indonesian military and demonstrators. Independence campaigners......
Worlds Biggest Corroboree
Monday, September 2 2019
Uncle Bruce Shillingsworth has got indigenous people coming from all over the Nation to convene alongside the Baaka (Darling), Namoi......