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Drugs being held as evidence go missing in Fiji
Fijian police are investigating after illegal drugs being held as evidence in tw...
Australia 'in denial' after king's criminal case fails
An Indigenous Elder attempting to charge King Charles III with genocide says Aus...
Duncan Murray (AAP) 28 Sep 2026
Former Gidarjil CEO Kerry Blackman jailed over multiple sexual assaults
A Bundaberg Indigenous leader has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for "persi...
Dechlan Brennan 28 Sep 2026
Climate change legal precedents begin to unravel Pacific culture's emerging rights
Rising seas and environmental degradation are disrupting traditional Pacific pra...
Andrew Mathieson 28 Sep 2026
First Nations disproportionate contact with NSW criminal justice system cost over $700 million
The overrepresentation of First Nations people in the criminal justice system is...
Jarred Cross 24 Sep 2026
Analysis: What more does the Government need to hear to raise the age?

There is something dispiriting about Senate inquiries. Organisations — some working on the smell of an oily rag — trek to their respective capital cities to give evidence they have provide...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 21, 2026
Youth justice: don't let another inquiry go to waste

On election night in 2022, millions of Australians watched Prime Minister Anthony Albanese open his victory speech:"I begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet.

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Nerita Waight Sep 18, 2026
Cross-party push to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14

A Liberal, Independent and Greens Senator have united to call for the Commonwealth to mandate a minimum age of criminal responsibility across the country, even as government Senators declined to do so...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 18, 2026
'Erosion of children’s rights': Fears raised over Queensland's Circuit Breaker legislation set to send youth offenders to remote facilities

Youth offenders in Queensland could now be sent to remote facilities for rehabilitation as a diversion measure, with fears for the rights, safety and wellbeing of First Nations children in particular.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 18, 2026
Still no plea from suspect in January 26 alleged terrorist attack

Liam Alexander Hall, the suspect accused of throwing a homemade bomb into a crowd at Perth/Boorloo's January 26 Invasion Day rally, has had no plea recorded following a committal hearing on Wednesday...

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NIT Sep 16, 2026
'Fed up': 13 arrested after crackdown on remote unrest

More arrests are expected after 13 people were charged following weeks of unrest in a troubled outback community. Ten men and three women aged 19 to 45 have been remanded in custody after a police cra...

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Laine Clark (AAP) Sep 15, 2026
Aboriginal police officers' racism class action involves 'more than 30 years of documentation'

Racism claims by Aboriginal community police officers are far from straightforward, a federal court has been told. More than 300 officers have joined a class action lawsuit filed against the Northern...

NSW Police settle trespass case over repeated bail checks on Aboriginal children

Two Aboriginal mothers have settled a claim against the New South Wales Police after police allegedly subjected their children, who were on bail, to more than 200 home checks over 20 months — of...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 11, 2026
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