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National watchdogs join criticism of NT child protection changes
The fallout from the Northern Territory Government's controversial child protect...
Dechlan Brennan 24 Jul 2026
Human rights commission blasts government for ignoring key UN reforms on First Nations rights
The Albanese government has come under fire after rejecting key United Nations r...
Dechlan Brennan 2 Jul 2026
Social Justice Report: Structural reform key to the future of First Nations rights
Australia will fail to close the gap or achieve lasting justice for First Nation...
Kumanjayi White's death remains medically undetermined, police say, as calls for reform intensify
Kumanjayi White's cause of death remains medically undetermined, Northern Territ...
Dechlan Brennan 28 May 2026
NT Government making 'serious mistake' with child protection changes, Indigenous Social Justice Commissioner warns

Condemnation of the Northern Territory government's decision to significantly alter a principle designed to ensure Aboriginal children removed from their families remain connected to culture has conti...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 19, 2026
Social justice commissioner warns Murri Watch funding cut puts children at risk

The Queensland Government's decision to withdraw funding from Murri Watch's youth cultural support program has drawn criticism from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Ka...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Apr 23, 2026
Tasmanian Alliance throws support behind inquiry into racism and hatred targeting Indigenous people

Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal Communities Alliance (TRACA) has thrown its support behind the federal inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Mar 19, 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
'Worried for our kids': Boorloo / Perth rally bomb sparks fear

Authorities are treating an Invasion Day attack as a potential terrorist act but an expert says it should also be considered a racial hate crime.

Commissioners urge nationwide action on racism following Boorloo / Perth Invasion Day attack

On a day that "already represents deep pain, survival and resistance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples", the bomb attack in Boorloo/Perth on 26 January has "caused deep distress and fe...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 29, 2026
Record Indigenous custody deaths prompt renewed push for changes to prisoner healthcare

Urgent funding and change of direction for healthcare in prisons is required, according to the peak body for Victorian Indigenous-controlled health organisations, as data this week revealed the highes...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 12, 2025
Sixteen years after signing UN Declaration, Aboriginal leaders say Australia is still failing First Peoples

Aboriginal leaders from across the country have issued a joint statement to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, urging the federal government to act on long-standing commitments to First Peoples.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 13, 2025
Racism in healthcare is costing lives - report

A new report has revealed the impact of racism on Indigenous peoples' health outcomes and other communities impacted by racism in Australia. Released by the Australian Human Rights Commission on Tuesd...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 3, 2025
Legal body warns NT youth justice amendments will increase Aboriginal incarceration without reducing crime

One of Australia's largest Indigenous legal organisations has warned recent changes to the Northern Territory's Youth Justice Act will lead to more Aboriginal children being jailed without addressing...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 5, 2025
Australia due for 'massive reckoning' with its history

Australia needs a "massive reckoning" with the injustices of its own colonial past, human rights advocates say. Speaking at the Garma Festival at Gulkula in northeast Arnhem Land, Aboriginal and Torre...

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Keira Jenkins Aug 4, 2025
National Commissioners urge NT government to reconsider draconian youth justice plans

Australia's National Children's Commissioner and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner are backing calls from child health and legal experts for the Northern Territory gove...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 30, 2025
Institutional racism in NT Police prompts leaders to urge action

In the wake of landmark coronial findings into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker — which found the officer who shot him is racist and the Northern Territory Police Force exhibits "signif...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 8, 2025
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