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Canberra issues warning to NT Government over legal aid crisis amid 'tough on crime' crackdown
The federal Attorney-General has written to the Northern Territory government ex...
Dechlan Brennan 27 May 2026
NT youth justice changes risks traumatising vulnerable children, legal organisation warns
Changes to the Northern Territory's youth justice laws, which would give police...
Dechlan Brennan 22 May 2026
Explainer: What causes the high incarceration rates of Aboriginal people in Australia?
First Nations Australians are among the most incarcerated peoples in the world....
Dechlan Brennan 21 May 2026
The world is watching Australia breach its human rights obligations, legal body says
The United Nations' finding that the overrepresentation of Indigenous children i...
Dechlan Brennan 8 May 2026
Thorpe blasts NT government, departments for refusing to face youth justice inquiry
Federal Senator Lidia Thorpe says the failure of the Northern Territory governme...
Dechlan Brennan 28 Apr 2026
Legal group demands transparency over NT watch house detentions

The Northern Territory must commit to transparency over people being held in watch houses and end the long-term detention of people in such facilities, a leading Indigenous legal group says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 28, 2026
No NT government department or official to appear before Senate inquiry into youth justice

An inquiry into youth justice hearings in Darwin this week will proceed without any Northern Territory government departments appearing or making submissions, despite the over-representation of Indige...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 27, 2026
Legal service accuses Tasmanian Government of failing Aboriginal people

New data has prompted the head of an Indigenous justice service to accuse the Tasmanian Government of failing Aboriginal people. Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service CEO, Jake Smith, said new adult pris...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 27, 2026
Data reveals ACT Government spending more than double on locking up First Nations people than on Aboriginal community services

New data shows that in 2024-25, the ACT Government spent an estimated $36.2 million on detaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Alexander Maconochie Centre and the Bimberi Youth J...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 20, 2026
Pressure mounts on PM to address youth incarceration 'crisis' as Indigenous Labor conference begins

The peak body for Indigenous legal services says the Prime Minister must place an emergency youth justice summit on the agenda at the inaugural National Indigenous Labor Conference.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 18, 2026
Community-led plan launched to steer NSW children away from detention

A new strategy aimed at diverting children away from the justice system and toward community-led responses has been launched in New South Wales.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 16, 2026
Community groups urge NSW Government to raise age to 14 in youth justice push

Community leaders across New South Wales have launched a series of videos calling on the state government to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 and invest in community-led support services...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 15, 2026
Queensland government to pull funding from Murri Watch's vital Indigenous youth justice service

Murri Watch's support service for Indigenous children held in Queensland police watch houses will end this year after the state government pulled its funding.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 14, 2026
You cannot police your way out of violence when the police are part of the problem

The South Australian Government's announcement of a new reporting pathway for domestic violence allegedly committed by police officers is being framed as a step forward.

'Happened under your watch': Pressure mounts on PM to act on Indigenous youth incarceration crisis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing renewed calls to convene an urgent national youth justice summit, as states and territories continue rolling out policies critics say are harming Indigenous c...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 8, 2026
Analysis: Policy contradictions, Commonwealth inaction are undermining Closing the Gap outcomes

The annual Closing the Gap Day is intended, at least in principle, to mark steady progress toward eliminating the entrenched disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 23, 2026
Queensland systems failing vulnerable young people in child protection, youth justice

Systems across Queensland are continuing to fail vulnerable children, the state's Indigenous children's commissioner has warned, citing punitive laws, rising demand and instability as key drivers.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 19, 2026
Closing the Gap: Suicide, incarceration and child development targets go backwards; land and economic participation show progress

Warning: The following article contains references to suicide, which may be distressing to readersAustralia's Indigenous incarceration rates continue to rise sharply, while the proportion of children...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 18, 2026
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