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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...
Australia must count people who pass away in state care in data on Indigenous deaths in custody, the former ACT Indigenous children commissioner has said.
A statement supporting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) has been signed by ministers from every state and territory except Queensland and the Northern Terr...
On Wednesday, July 8, the Northern Territory Legislative Scrutiny Committee will table its final report on the Care and Protection of Children Legislation Amendment (Every Child Matters) Bill 2026 (NT...
A series of high-profile and "punitive" law changes have directly fuelled a sharp rise in Indigenous incarceration in Victoria, with corrections data showing Aboriginal imprisonment has increased by a...
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...
Advocates say recommendations from a landmark inquiry into Queensland's child protection system contradict much of the expert and lived-experience evidence presented during the review.
The latest round of grants to support First Nations athletes and sides to compete in carnivals and tournaments has been launched in Victoria.
Key points:- Ahead of National Sorry Day, AbSec has called for systemic changes to keep Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families together- "We say sorry to the Stolen Generations.
Australia tells itself a comforting story about child protection. We tell ourselves children are only removed from their families when there is no other choice.
Every time an Aboriginal child dies, the response is the same. Not fund services. Not resource families. Demonise an entire culture. I cannot think of a single instance where a non-Indigenous child's...
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.
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...