Reform
A local Aotearoa / New Zealand council has bucked the trend and reversed a decision to exclude Māori wards. Upper Hutt City, located just north of Wellington, recently voted to establish a new M&...
Aboriginal women are being racially targeted by the justice system, the chief executive of a leading Victorian family violence organisation says.
The minister responsible for Western Australia's beleaguered prison system is set to resign from politics this week. Paul Papalia has served as Minister for Corrective Services since June 2023, after...
In a major report released Wednesday, the Australian Law Reform Commission has found unfairness, inefficiency, and discrimination in the 'future acts' regime; the law that regulates how and when nativ...
Western Australia's Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services has tabled its latest inspection report on Casuarina Prison, identifying ongoing and increasing pressures at the state's largest corre...
Fiji's State Lands Act 1945 and Land Use Act 2010 are a step closer to reform, with final review reports and draft Bills now before government for consideration.
On this day in 1967 a referendum delivered a major shift in Australian politics and policy. Common misconceptions about the referendum include that it granted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peo...
Fiji's Constitution Review Commission has begun the public phase of its review, with nationwide consultations scheduled to run for approximately two months.
More than 92 per cent of Aboriginal Land Councils across New South Wales have condemned a recently introduced Bill as a threat to land rights, with hundreds rallying at Parliament House to oppose the...
In northeast Arnhem Land education is being reimagined. Not through policy reform or curriculum adjustment, but through a rethink of how learning is recognised, delivered and valued.
Elise Thornthwaite, 25, is reshaping what education looks like in the remote Tiwi community of Milikapiti. Her impact was recently recognised across the Northern Territory after being named the NT Gov...
The Australian government's most recent negotiations to strike a critical deal with Singapore to keep fuel flowing could benefit its Pacific neighbours.
Gunawuna Jungai Ltd has become a community partner in the SPARC Research Project (Shared Power for Advocating for Reform Collectively), an initiative designed to "strengthen Indigenous leadership, sha...