Dechlan Brennan

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About Dechlan Brennan

Dechlan Brennan is a Melbourne-based writer and a member of the Canberra Press Gallery, with a special interest in restorative justice and reform. He has previously written for Vice, The Saturday Paper, The Age, Crikey and The Diplomat, as well as appearing on the 7AM podcast.

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NT Government to move YiSSA residents from Darwin to Batchelor

The Northern Territory Government will move vulnerable people from Darwin's largest homeless shelter to a new transitional accommodation facility in Batchelor.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
One Nation ‘whips up the anger’ and tells Australians who to blame

Populist groups such as One Nation whip up anger and tell people who to blame, Jacqui Lambie has told Parliament, urging Australians to reject what she described as the divisive politics of Pauline Ha...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
Indigenous youth and families to feel brunt of NSW bail law extension

Aboriginal children and families will suffer from the New South Wales government's "punitive" bail law extension, advocates say, as Labor argues the controversial laws are curbing youth crime.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
Pauline Hanson walks back 'deeply hurtful' comments with qualified apology

Pauline Hanson has somewhat u-turned on her highly criticised comments labelling Aboriginal ancestors the "most primitive race", saying she regrets offending people only ten minutes after saying she w...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 15, 2026
Exclusive: NSW Aboriginal Land Council hits back at ‘land grab’ media narrative

A contentious land rights bill is expected to pass the New South Wales Parliament this week amid growing media coverage over the state's 44,000 unresolved Aboriginal land claims, which the peak body r...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 15, 2026
Pauline Hanson slammed for 'dehumanising' attack on First Peoples

Far-right Senator Pauline Hanson has been condemned after making extraordinary and false statements describing Aboriginal people as "the most primitive race on Earth".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 14, 2026
Angurugu community on Groote Eylandt sees six new homes completed

Six new homes have been completed in Angurugu on Groote Eylandt as part of the joint $4 billion, 10-year remote housing program between the Australian and Northern Territory governments.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 14, 2026
Federal Police find no discrimination or excessive force in Aboriginal teen’s mistaken arrest at gunpoint

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have cleared their officers of discrimination or using excessive force when they removed an Aboriginal teenager from an ACT bus at gunpoint.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 14, 2026
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