Legal
The interception of a Chinese vessel accused of illegal fishing highlights the technical lengths many use to remain undetected across millions of square kilometres of open ocean.
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article makes mention of an Indigenous person who has died. An Aboriginal man has died at a privately run prison in New...
More Indigenous law graduates will be able to access the support they need to make the transition to legal practice with the establishment of a new foundation by Australia's largest legal membership b...
Tracy slept in a tent for months during winter, with no home to go to after leaving jail. The 53-year-old Gamilaroi and Wiradjuri woman endured the cold while living with a serious chronic lung condit...
A Queensland First Nations women's legal service has welcomed the State Government's Budget commitments but called for longer-term funding and fair inflation support for community-controlled organisat...
New South Wales has a serious police violence problem. A reckoning is long overdue - but it won't happen until we have an independent police watchdog with more teeth.
A coalition of Aboriginal and legal advocacy organisations has warned that a death in police custody is "imminent" unless the Victorian Government closes a loophole they say allows detainees to be hel...
New South Wales Police have flagged the introduction of mandatory body-worn video use for officers, a move welcomed by the state's peak Indigenous legal body.
Day two of the 2026 Overcoming Indigenous Family Violence Forum closed in Meanjin after a program focused on young people, self-determination, trauma-informed practice, child safety and community-led...
An independent body designed to protect and support children in New South Wales' child protection system is urgently needed, experts say, arguing current accountability mechanisms are failing.
The Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS)'s 2026 Overcoming Indigenous Family Violence Forum is underway in Magandjin (Brisbane) this week.
The federal Attorney-General has written to the Northern Territory government expressing concern that the CLP's "tough on crime" policies are not being matched with investment in legal agencies.
Illegal fishing costs Pacific Island nations hundreds of millions of dollars in potential revenue each year but an Australian-backed operation is helping them fight back.