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Indigenous health leader ends fight against Japan drug smuggling bust
The family of Indigenous community health leader Donna Nelson says she will purs...
Aaron Bunch 10 Oct 2025
Aboriginal health leader Donna Nelson loses appeal over drug smuggling conviction in Japan
Aboriginal health leader Donna Nelson has lost her appeal in the Japan High Cour...
Dechlan Brennan 25 Sep 2025
Japanese court to decide on appeal bid for Aboriginal grandmother jailed over drug smuggling
A Japanese court will this week decide whether to re-examine the case of Donna N...
Dechlan Brennan 22 Jul 2025
PM supports Vic bail changes despite likelihood of higher Indigenous incarceration
The Prime Minister has supported the new bail laws in Victoria, despite his gove...
Dechlan Brennan 25 Mar 2025
Mother of Veronica Nelson warns Victoria's new bail laws will "undoubtedly" see another parent lose their child
New bail laws in Victoria will lead to greater criminalisation of Aboriginal and...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Mar 2025
Exclusive: Former top cop acknowledged bail laws failed Veronica Nelson before allegedly lobbying to have them strengthened

Victoria's former top cop acknowledged the state's former bail laws directly led to the death of Indigenous women Veronica Nelson despite allegedly recently pushing for the laws to be strengthened aga...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 11, 2025
Veronica Nelson’s death led to bail reform. A year on, the Victorian Government wants to backtrack

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name and image of Indigenous people who have died. Less than one year after new bail laws came into effect in V...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 5, 2025
'Huge kick in the guts' for grandmother jailed in Japan

The jailing of an Australian grandmother in Japan is a "kick in the guts" with WA Premier Roger Cook expressing hope for the convicted drug smuggler's potential appeal.

Aboriginal health leader Donna Nelson sentenced to six years at Japanese trial

Prominent Aboriginal health leader Donna Nelson has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Japanese court after being found guilty of importing two kilograms of methamphetamine.

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke Dec 4, 2024
Japanese prosecutors demand 10-year term in Donna Nelson case

Prominent Aboriginal health leader Donna Nelson is facing the prospect of 10 years in a Japanese prison if prosecutors get their way. Ms Nelson, a longtime health advocate and community figure, is acc...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 26, 2024
Perth grandmother's Japan drug-smuggling trial starts

An Australian grandmother accused of smuggling amphetamines in a suitcase has appeared in a Japanese court nearly two years after her arrest, saying she is innocent and that she was tricked into carry...

Grandmother Donna Nelson's trial begins in Japan

An Australian grandmother accused of smuggling amphetamines in a suitcase has appeared in a Japanese court nearly two years after her arrest, saying she is innocent and she was tricked into carrying t...

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Mari Yamaguchi Nov 18, 2024
Daughter's heartbreak after seeing mum in Tokyo court

The daughter of an Australian woman detained in Japan on drug trafficking allegations has opened up about seeing her mother for the first time in more than a year.

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Rachael Ward Jul 12, 2024
Concerns for Indigenous community leader in Japanese jail

The family of a Perth grandmother held in a Japanese prison for alleged drug smuggling have met with Foreign Minister Penny Wong after her trial was delayed.

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Liam Beatty Jul 2, 2024
Japan trial for Donna Nelson could be delayed for months after last-minute move by prosecution

The trial of prominent Indigenous community figure Donna Nelson, detained in Japan, has been delayed two days before it was due to commence. The former chair of the Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service was...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 25, 2024
Japan trial date set for prominent Indigenous community figure Donna Nelson

The trial of prominent Indigenous community figure Donna Nelson will begin in Japan next week. The Ballardong Njaki-Njaki woman has spent 18 months in a Tokyo prison after being accused of smuggling d...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 22, 2024
Trial set for Indigenous community leader in Japanese prison for "love scam" drug haul

The trial date in Japan for a respected Western Australian Indigenous leader has been set, but the Perth grandmother will remain in prison for at least another four months.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 29, 2024
Aunty Donna Nelson, mother of Veronica Nelson, honoured for her tireless campaign for justice

Dja Dja Wurrung, Yorta Yorta and Gunditjmara woman Aunty Donna Nelson was presented with the Australian Lawyers Alliance's 2023 Victoria Civil Justice Award on Friday, recognising her determination to...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 5, 2023
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