Social Justice
While a 12-year-old boy being accused of stealing a car in Perth's east last week made headlines, advocates say the real story is how the justice system traps children in cycles of incarceration.
Marijke Bassani, a First Nations international Human Rights Lawyer, Scholar and PhD Candidate, is leading a Human Rights photography project spanning several years that will centre the lived experienc...
Among the many Indigenous leaders set to speak at the NAIDOC National Forum in Boorloo/Perth on Whadjuk Noongar Country on July 4 is Bernice Hookey.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss is in the Northern Territory this week meeting with local Indigenous people across the Territory to discuss the social just...
For too long, our governments have made commitments—commitments enshrined domestically in the National Agreements on Closing the Gap, and commitments made globally in things like the Internation...
Continuing to advocate for the implementation of the Uluru Statement's message of Truth, Treaty and Voice will be forefront on the agenda for the new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justi...
Australia's new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Katie Kiss, commenced her role on Wednesday. Ms Kiss was announced as the new Commissioner last month, replacing outg...
Lawyers are being urged to use their position to tackle racism in their legal practices and the broader community in a new guide for the profession to mark the International Day for the Elimination of...
Kaanju and Birri/Widi woman Katie Kiss has been announced as the new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. Ms Kiss, who grew up in Rockhampton on the land of the Darumbal...
February 14, 2024 will mark the 20th anniversary of the death in custody of Thomas (TJ) Hickey, a 17- year-old Gamilaraay boy who was being chased by two police paddy wagons through Redfern when he wa...
The Yoorrook Justice Commission has released four issues papers calling for submissions for its inquiry into secondary and tertiary education, health and housing injustice affecting First Peoples in V...
Joe Hedger, Bundjalung man and Canberra Yes campaigner, has welcomed the Australian Capital Territory's support for the Voice and urged ongoing action.
First Nations entrepreneur and academic Wayne Bergmann believes Indigenous businesses have been "locked out" of the Australian economy for far too long.