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WA Corrective Services minister set to quit politics
The minister responsible for Western Australia's beleaguered prison system is se...
Giovanni Torre 6 Jul 2026
UN recommendations on Indigenous rights largely rejected by Albanese government
The Albanese government has rejected key United Nations recommendations aimed at...
Dechlan Brennan 30 Jun 2026
'Racial profiling' - Indigenous people make up more than half of strip searches by WA Police
More than half of the people strip searched by WA Police so far in 2025-26 were...
Giovanni Torre 24 Jun 2026
Australia accused of ignoring human rights obligations on Indigenous children
The overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the criminal justice system "re...
Dechlan Brennan 7 May 2026
Experts condemn ‘reactionary’ WA youth justice policies as calls for federal intervention grow
Western Australian justice advocates have joined counterparts across the country...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Mar 2026
Analysis: Decades of evidence, limited action — the challenge facing the government's racism inquiry

When independent MPs walked into the Mural Hall at Parliament House this week carrying a basket of unresolved parliamentary inquiries labelled "Albanese's too hard basket," the symbolism was clear: Re...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 5, 2026
$200million-plus commitment backs First Nations-led solutions to target domestic and family violence epidemic

The federal government has announced more than $200 million in funding as part of a national plan to address high rates of violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 10, 2026
Justice systems failing First Nations people, UN body says

"Unreasonable and oppressive" conditions in Northern Territory watch houses, a drastically rising remand population in the criminal justice system, and significant challenges for prisoners to access r...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 17, 2025
NAAJA raises alarm on prison conditions in the NT after UN access denied

The Northern Territory's largest Indigenous legal organisation has welcomed UN criticism of states and territories' "tough on crime" policies, which they says fail to make communities safe.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 15, 2025
Double standards: Faruqi sanctioned for Gaza protest while One Nation escapes censure for acknowledgment of country snub

The Senate's decision to censure Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi for a protest over Israel's actions in Gaza has drawn criticism, particularly when contrasted to the lack of penalty for One Nation Senat...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 24, 2025
WA government announces overdue review of Native Title, cultural heritage processes

Consultation over Native Title and Aboriginal cultural heritage protection will be reviewed in Western Australia, two years after an embarrassing backflip on a failed attempt to modernise the system.

David Prestipino David Prestipino May 30, 2025
Lidia Thorpe's human rights bill shot down by both major parties

Legislation designed to help bring Australian laws in line with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has been defeated.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 14, 2025
"She’s got the ancestors right with her": Indigenous child commissioner defends Thorpe's King Charles protest

The ACT's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner has defended the actions of Senator Lidia Thorpe's comments towards King Charles on Monday, saying she "stood up...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 22, 2024
Exclusive: WA ombudsman received 131 complaints from children in youth justice system over five years

In the last five years 154 issues have been raised by children with the Western Australian ombudsman regarding the state's troubled youth justice system—most of them concerning the conduct of pr...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 17, 2024
Grants for Aboriginal-led responses to family and domestic violence welcomed

Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations and registered Aboriginal businesses in Western Australia are now eligible to apply for funding that will enable the delivery of Aboriginal led initiative...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 13, 2024
Aboriginal-Palestinian solidarity firm in the face of recent Peris comments

Recent pro-Israel commentary from former Olympian and Senator Nova Peris has sparked renewed Indigenous expressions of solidarity with the Palestinian people.

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Dechlan Brennan Apr 8, 2024
Inquests expose racist heart of policing in Australia

While racism in policing has long been denied by authorities, we're now witnessing revelations of racist policing across Australia, particularly from coronial inquiries into the deaths of Aboriginal p...

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Dr Hannah McGlade Mar 26, 2024
WA welcomes new partnership agreement on child protection, expert stresses need for systemic change

State, federal and territory ministers have launched a partnership agreement with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership Group to implement 'Safe and Supported: The National Framework fo...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 11, 2024
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