Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
The passing of new legislation in Victoria aimed at preventing the permanent separation of Aboriginal children from their families has been welcomed as a long-overdue first step toward addressing entr...
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article contains names and images of Aboriginal people who have died.
As a young boy, Oscar* was removed from his family home and placed in out-of-home care, moving repeatedly through placements that worsened his trauma, before eventually settling in a safe, stable and...
Victoria Police have declared the entire Melbourne CBD — along with large parts of surrounding suburbs — a "designated area" for the next six months, sparking criticism.
Victoria's Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, Meena Singh, has announced her resignation after nearly four years in the role.
Youth justice advocates have expressed outrage over the Victorian Government's decision to approve new laws which could see children as young as 14 face life in prison for certain offences.
Victoria's main Indigenous legal organisation says it is "very clear" the state Opposition did not consult with First Nations leaders or Aboriginal community-controlled organisations before deciding t...
Victoria's prisons are holding record numbers of people who haven't been sentenced, with more than one in three inmates now behind bars awaiting trial or sentencing — nearly double the proportio...
The raising of the age of criminal responsibility in Victoria to 12 officially came into effect on Tuesday, but Aboriginal and human rights groups continue to say the reform fall short of what is need...
The passing of Victoria's second tranche of bail reforms will push vulnerable people into prison and further criminalise disadvantage, advocates have warned.
The preventable death in custody of Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson — and the damning inquest findings that followed — have prompted calls for urgent reform in Victoria's legal profession...
A coalition of Indigenous and legal organisations has criticised Victoria's proposed second tranche of bail reforms, calling it a politically motivated "tough on crime" response that targets marginali...
A rally on the steps of Victorian Parliament has heard personal accounts of incarceration and fears for the future as the state government tabled further bail reforms inside on Wednesday.
