Legal Service
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 Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service has criticised the lack of Indigenous justice funding in this week's Federal Budget, echoing the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services by...
Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Director Peter Collins has criticised Western Australia Police for removing officers from regional courtrooms, a move that has led to the closure of multi...
SiS Tasmania, an Aboriginal-led Family Violence and Prevention Legal Service, has welcomed the federal government's budget commitment to reduce family, domestic and sexual violence.
The United Nations' finding that the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the criminal justice system "reflects systemic and structural racial discrimination" is another sign the Prime Ministe...
Self-determined solutions to reduce the over-representation of Indigenous people in custody have been ignored in Victoria's budget, the state's Indigenous legal service says.
SiS Tasmania has called on the Tasmanian Government to do more to support Aboriginal people exposed to family violence - particularly women, children and families.
Security cameras at northern Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre were offline during a "critical incident" just days after the facility was set on fire, right to information laws have re...