Nerita Waight
The prime minister has been urged to show leadership and put an end to the mass incarceration of Indigenous children across Australia. First Nations youth justice has again come under the spotlight wi...
Two Victorian police officers have been charged with assault after allegedly using a Taser and a knee to strike an Aboriginal man last year. Wade, who is represented by the Victorian Aboriginal Legal...
Racism is a threat to the safety of First Nations people, a parliamentary hearing has heard, with witnesses saying people are "sick" of hearings and inquiries that fail to deliver tangible change.
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...
The Queensland government's announcement that youth offenders who commit serious crimes while on bail will face mandatory jail time has been condemned by Indigenous legal advocates, who say the propos...
Australia's response to international scrutiny of its human rights record has been condemned by Indigenous legal advocates, who say the federal government is ignoring mounting evidence of systemic rac...
The Albanese government has rejected key United Nations recommendations aimed at improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including calls to raise the age of criminal respo...
Hundreds of pages of documents produced to the Senate reveal the federal government's talking points for pushing back against calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility to align with internatio...
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...
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...
First Peoples communities continue to be the hardest hit by "populist, blunt and harmful" laws, the Australian Human Rights Commission says. While there has been progress on some Closing the Gap targe...
The peak body for Indigenous legal services says the Prime Minister must place an emergency youth justice summit on the agenda at the inaugural National Indigenous Labor Conference.
Warning: This article contains the names of Indigenous people who have diedWith at least 630 Indigenous people having died in custody since the landmark Royal Commission 35 years ago, experts and advo...