aboriginal deaths in custody
First Nation’s community rally to close Unit 18
Hundreds gathered in Boorloo Perth last night to call for the Unit 18 child prison to be abolished. The rally was led......
The Walama List – First Nations voices in District Courts
New pilot program, The Walama List, recently announced by the NSW government is the first move towards including First Nations......
South Australian Bill to Ban Spit Hoods
A South Australian Bill to permanently ban the use of spit hoods is set to be put to vote next......
Breaking the custody cycle
Keenan Mundine has turned around his life and is now helping Aboriginal people avoid some of the pitfalls he fell......
30 Years On: What has changed since the Royal Commission into Indigenous Deaths in Custody?
Tomorrow marks the 30th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Indigenous Deaths in Custody, which made more than 200 recommendations......
Deaths in custody prompt public drunkenness reform
On Friday February 8th, The Victorian Lower house passed a Bill to decriminalise public drunkenness. A 1991 Royal Commission into......
Indigenous Australian incarceration and death in custody rates – still stubbornly high
Indigenous Australians have long been subjected to racial discrimination at the hands of non-indigenous people and this has resulted in......
Indigenous Doctors warn of COVID Prison outbreak
With prisons full all over the continent, many feel it is just a matter of time before there is a......
Action needed now to prevent COVID-19 Black deaths in custody
In an open letter to Australian governments, the families of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died in......
Please disarm community cops, say grieving Yuendemu residents
Rallies have been held around Australia today in protest over the death of a young man, shot by police in......