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Brazil election: Unprecedented Indigenous ministry at risk if Flávio Bolsonaro wins
"With a single stroke of a pen, he can undo all the achievements we have accompl...
Karla Mendes 21 Oct 2026
'Working continuously to address such allegations' - Indonesia defends its human rights monitoring in West Papua
The United Nations has heard Indonesia reject the latest claims of systematic hu...
Andrew Mathieson 16 Oct 2026
Queensland bill would let prison officers bypass human rights assessments
New laws introduced by the Queensland Government which would allow prison office...
Dechlan Brennan 13 Oct 2026
PM says Indigenous child protection issues have not been raised with him at UN, despite reports highlighting concerns
Systemic issues in child protection involving Indigenous children have not been...
Dechlan Brennan 21 Sep 2026
Latest figures on West Papuan deaths tell a grim story
Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights has counted 109 people have offi...
Andrew Mathieson 18 Sep 2026
Noongar body latest to lodge complaint over Hanson's 'degrading' comments

Western Australia's South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council has lodged a formal complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission concerning public comments made by Senator Pauline Hanson about...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 16, 2026
Indigenous human rights expert lodges formal complaint over Hanson's 'primitive' claims

Kurin Minang human rights expert and law academic Dr Hannah McGlade has lodged a formal complaint with Australian Human Rights Commission over Pauline Hanson's claim Aboriginal people are "the most pr...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 15, 2026
Advocates urge federal parliament to pass Thorpe bill to abolish shackling during childbirth

The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls has urged every federal parliamentarian to support Senator Lidia Thorpe's Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting Shackling During...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 9, 2026
Former Aboriginal children’s commissioner takes expertise to Monash

Victoria's former Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People will commence work as a Professor of Practice in Monash University's Law Faculty.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 7, 2026
Traditional Owners still waiting for Government response on ‘No Air’ laws

Victorian Traditional Owners say they have still received no response from the Corrections Minister to their submission on contentious legislation that means prisoners are no longer guaranteed daily a...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 2, 2026
Aboriginal Legal Service 'alarmed and disappointed' as NSW Premier doubles down on 'oppressive' police surveillance

The Aboriginal Legal Service of New South Wales and the ACT says it is "alarmed and disappointed" that the NSW Premier has chosen to expand a controversial police drone surveillance trial in Moree wit...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 28, 2026
Human Rights Commission’s new campaign supports employers to tackle workplace racism

The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a new national anti-racism campaign calling on employers to take more responsibility for addressing racism in their workplaces.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 27, 2026
West Papua National Committee stands against Indonesia's registration of internally-displaced Papuans

A proposal from the Indonesian government to conduct a new registration of internally-displaced Papuans across their conflict-affected territory has been condemned by the West Papua National Committee...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 27, 2026
'Cruel and degrading practice' must end - Thorpe bills aim to abolish shackling during childbirth and strip searching of children

Senator Lidia Thorpe has introduced bills to Federal Parliament to end two harmful practices in criminal legal systems across Australia: the strip searching of children and the shackling of people dur...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 21, 2026
Thorpe, Greens call for Victorian ‘No Air’ prison bill to be scrapped

Senator Lidia Thorpe and the Greens are the latest to call for a controversial Victorian amendment that would mean prisoners are no longer guaranteed daily access to fresh air to be scrapped.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 12, 2026
'Abuse, restraint and isolation': Campaign pushes national minimum standards for children in custody

A new campaign calling for enforceable national minimum standards to protect the human rights of children in custody has been launched. Coming in the wake of Closing the Gap data showing the rate of I...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 4, 2026
'Unconscionable': Prisoners denied guaranteed daily access to fresh air under new Victorian laws

Prisoners in Victoria will no longer be guaranteed daily access to fresh air after legislation allowing prisons to deny outdoor access due to "operational considerations" passed the state's lower hous...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 31, 2026
Analysis: When every expert is ignored, who is left to speak for children?

If the Northern Territory Government really cares about children, it has an interesting way of showing it. This week, the Country Liberal Party (CLP)-led parliamentary committee ignored evidence and e...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 10, 2026
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