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Warning: The following article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died, with the permission of family, as well as content and language some readers may find distressing A 25-year-old wh...
Papua New Guinea Attorney-General Pila Niningi has claimed civic leaders, businessmen and members of parliament from Enga province have been providing money to supply weapons and ammunition for warrin...
A Bundaberg Indigenous leader will stand trial over sexual assault charges. Kerry Blackman, the former chief executive of the Gidarjil Development Corporation, has been committed to stand trial on fiv...
Research has found women in the Marshall Islands are seeking legal protection against abusive partners at a significantly lower rate than in other Pacific island countries.
On the final day of the World Indigenous Business Forum in Naarm/Melbourne this week, Lawrence Moser spoke about the changes now taking shape in Victoria.
An Aboriginal family has filed a claim in the Federal Court against the Australian Electoral Commission, alleging they were left feeling criminalised and traumatised by the conduct of polling staff wh...
A Victorian man has been found guilty of destroying an ancient Aboriginal rock formation on his property in 2021. On Thursday, a Ballarat magistrate sentenced 65-year-old Adrian McMaster for breaching...
Four people awarded $800,000 in damages after a riot at the notorious Don Dale Prison in Darwin have had their compensation drastically cut on appeal by the Supreme Court.
Defendants in the Northern Territory's regions will lose access to legal services from January next year, a leaked internal email has confirmed.
Australia's largest Aboriginal legal service has confirmed it's resumed taking on new clients in Central Australia, after a period of difficulty and instability resulted in politicians to call for its...
An Indigenous man who died after being misdiagnosed with a drug-induced syndrome had previously told a relative he was "really scared" of going to hospitals, an inquest has heard.
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) says they are on track to take on new clients "within weeks" as the embattled organisation warded off criticism from media outlets, arguing many...
The Northern Territory parliament passed amendments to the Sentencing Act 1995 and the Youth Justice Act 2005 on Thursday night to establish a legislative framework for a community courts sentencing p...