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Criminal Justice System

Rights of children in detention ‘increasingly violated’

Rights of children in detention ‘increasingly violated’

Social Justice

A report from Human Rights Watch has criticised the Australian criminal justice system for its treatment of children held in...

Closing the Gap shows mixed progress across 18 targets

Closing the Gap shows mixed progress across 18 targets

Indigenous Politics & Economy Social Justice The Law

The recently released Closing the Gap report of 2022 reveals that out of 18 targets, four targets are on track,...

Concerns WA precinct laws unfairly target Indigenous people

Concerns WA precinct laws unfairly target Indigenous people

Indigenous Social Justice The Law

Numerous Indigenous organisations fear that newly proposed precinct laws in Western Australia will disproportionately affect Indigenous people. The Protected Entertainment...

Attorneys General feet of clay when it comes to Criminal Responsibility

Attorneys General feet of clay when it comes to Criminal Responsibility

Indigenous Politics & Economy Social Justice The Law

The Council of Attorneys General have been deliberating on the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child call...

Disability Royal Commission – Diverting away from reincarcerating people with cognitive disabilities and impairments

Disability Royal Commission – Diverting away from reincarcerating people with cognitive disabilities and impairments

Health Social Justice The Law

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability held its eleventh public hearing in Brisbane...

The ACT will increase criminal responsibility to age 14 in October

The ACT will increase criminal responsibility to age 14 in October

Social Justice

Yesterday, the Australian Capital Territory government has supported to raise the age of criminal responsibility from the age of 10...

Expert Witness Bias Denying Justice

Expert Witness Bias Denying Justice

The Law

The access to experts and scientists is a right granted to the parties of a civil and criminal trial. However,...

NT Government releases draft Aboriginal Justice Agreement proposal to reform and improve the criminal justice system for Indigenous offenders

NT Government releases draft Aboriginal Justice Agreement proposal to reform and improve the criminal justice system for Indigenous offenders

Indigenous Social Justice The Law

Today the Northern Territory Government released a draft proposal outlining strategies and pathways to reduce the incarceration and recidivism rates...

Growing support to increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility

Growing support to increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility

Politics & Economy The Law

In a unanimous decision last weekend, the Law Council of Australia has voiced its support in advocating for the minimum...

RMIT wins national indigenous philanthropy award

RMIT wins national indigenous philanthropy award

Politics & Economy Social Justice The Law

This week, RMIT University’s Centre for Innovative Justice received a national indigenous award at the Australian Philanthropy Awards at the...