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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...
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A new report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council has found persistent failures by Australian governments to implement recommendations from royal commissions and coronial inquests are...
With the ACT becoming the first Australian jurisdiction to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 on Tuesday, Indigenous legal groups say it stands in stark contrast to regressive poli...
A coalition of justice groups has warned the second tranche of Victoria's bail law reforms, due to be introduced to Parliament in July, is a disaster waiting to happen.
Aboriginal leaders are calling on the United Nations to take urgent action to address Australia's "discriminatory and punitive youth justice policies", due to "serious violations of the human rights o...
Victorian Police will have "almost unlimited powers" to stop-and-frisk people in designated areas, "target and harass" protestors and "continue the over-policing of racially marginalised groups" under...
A protest against new "Trumpian" bail laws will be held in front of Victorian Parliament on Tuesday afternoon as Indigenous, legal, and human rights groups continue to condemn laws they say will only...
Bougainville community leaders have called for representation in discussions over the potential remediation of Rio Tinto's former Panguna mine, which began in Port Moresby last week.
Jail has never helped a child, the peak body for Indigenous legal services said after the Northern Territory parliament voted to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 10.
Rio Tinto's abandoned Panguna mine in Bougainville is the site of actual and potential human rights violations, including risks to life, a preliminary study of the social and environmental impacts of...
The overwhelming majority of Indigenous, medical, and human rights groups have told the national youth justice inquiry a dramatic overhaul of the system is needed, including raising the age of crimina...
A new, standalone Youth Justice Bill is scheduled to be debated on Tuesday in Victorian Parliament, with a coalition of human rights, legal and Indigenous organisations urging for it to be strengthene...