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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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Child placement principle not the reason behind nationwide child protection failures

It is a "simplistic" and "racist" narrative that child protection failures nationwide are a failure of the child placement principle, Senator Lidia Thorpe says, as she backed calls for an urgent round...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 17, 2026
Labor's random search powers for police pledge slammed as 'copycat social policy'

A Victorian Government election commitment to give police and protective services officers (PSOs) the power to randomly search people in public using metal detectors — without a warrant —...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
Fortescue to appeal $150m Yindjibarndi Native Title payout

Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest's Fortescue has become the latest party to appeal Australia's largest-ever Native Title compensation payout. In May, the Federal Court ordered the Western Australian resources...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
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
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