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Kumanjayi White's death remains medically undetermined, police say, as calls for reform intensify
Kumanjayi White's cause of death remains medically undetermined, Northern Territ...
Dechlan Brennan 28 May 2026
NT Government making 'serious mistake' with child protection changes, Indigenous Social Justice Commissioner warns
Condemnation of the Northern Territory government's decision to significantly al...
Dechlan Brennan 19 May 2026
Social justice commissioner warns Murri Watch funding cut puts children at risk
The Queensland Government's decision to withdraw funding from Murri Watch's yout...
Joseph Guenzler 23 Apr 2026
Tasmanian Alliance throws support behind inquiry into racism and hatred targeting Indigenous people
Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal Communities Alliance (TRACA) has thrown its suppor...
Callan Morse 19 Mar 2026
Analysis: Decades of evidence, limited action — the challenge facing the government's racism inquiry
When independent MPs walked into the Mural Hall at Parliament House this week ca...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Mar 2026
'Worried for our kids': Boorloo / Perth rally bomb sparks fear

Authorities are treating an Invasion Day attack as a potential terrorist act but an expert says it should also be considered a racial hate crime.

Commissioners urge nationwide action on racism following Boorloo / Perth Invasion Day attack

On a day that "already represents deep pain, survival and resistance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples", the bomb attack in Boorloo/Perth on 26 January has "caused deep distress and fe...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 29, 2026
Record Indigenous custody deaths prompt renewed push for changes to prisoner healthcare

Urgent funding and change of direction for healthcare in prisons is required, according to the peak body for Victorian Indigenous-controlled health organisations, as data this week revealed the highes...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 12, 2025
Sixteen years after signing UN Declaration, Aboriginal leaders say Australia is still failing First Peoples

Aboriginal leaders from across the country have issued a joint statement to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, urging the federal government to act on long-standing commitments to First Peoples.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 13, 2025
Racism in healthcare is costing lives - report

A new report has revealed the impact of racism on Indigenous peoples' health outcomes and other communities impacted by racism in Australia. Released by the Australian Human Rights Commission on Tuesd...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 3, 2025
Legal body warns NT youth justice amendments will increase Aboriginal incarceration without reducing crime

One of Australia's largest Indigenous legal organisations has warned recent changes to the Northern Territory's Youth Justice Act will lead to more Aboriginal children being jailed without addressing...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 5, 2025
Australia due for 'massive reckoning' with its history

Australia needs a "massive reckoning" with the injustices of its own colonial past, human rights advocates say. Speaking at the Garma Festival at Gulkula in northeast Arnhem Land, Aboriginal and Torre...

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Keira Jenkins Aug 4, 2025
National Commissioners urge NT government to reconsider draconian youth justice plans

Australia's National Children's Commissioner and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner are backing calls from child health and legal experts for the Northern Territory gove...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 30, 2025
Institutional racism in NT Police prompts leaders to urge action

In the wake of landmark coronial findings into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker — which found the officer who shot him is racist and the Northern Territory Police Force exhibits "signif...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 8, 2025
Queensland Government accused of erasing Acknowledgments of Country from public service email signatures

Queensland's opposition has accused the state government of directing public servants to remove Acknowledgments of Country from their email signatures.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 27, 2025
"Our people are dying": Human Rights Commissioners call for urgent reform following Indigenous deaths in custody

All seven Commissioners of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) have joined forces to call for sweeping reforms in response to the continuing crisis of Indigenous deaths in custody.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 13, 2025
Indigenous rights 'under attack' in youth crime reforms

The rights of Indigenous Australians are under attack and children have been subjected to "egregious breaches" of human rights, a leading advocate says.

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Rachael Ward May 31, 2025
First Nations leaders slam Queensland government's harm of children in youth justice, child protection systems

First Nations leaders fear the Queensland government is trying to "destroy" First Nations youth and families by intentionally removing Indigenous children.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 22, 2025
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