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Human Rights Commission accepts racism complaint over Inverell pool incident
The Australian Human Rights Commission has accepted a racial discrimination comp...
Dechlan Brennan 10 Apr 2026
First Nations families speak out on harm caused after their children were thrown out of Inverell Aquatic Centre
First Nations families have spoken out publicly about the harm caused after thei...
Giovanni Torre 21 Mar 2026
Indigenous leaders back care-led response as alternatives to policing in South Australia
Indigenous organisations are backing a growing push for South Australia to adopt...
Dechlan Brennan 20 Feb 2026
Schools urged to act as racism towards Indigenous students surges
A sharp rise in racism experienced by Indigenous children and young people has p...
Dechlan Brennan 22 Jan 2026
Rally for truth and accountability 10 years on from the death of David Dungay Jr
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story co...
Giovanni Torre 16 Dec 2025
More than a quarter of racism reports target Indigenous children, new data shows

More than a quarter of reported incidents of racism targeting Indigenous Australians involved children and young people, according to new data, as experts say Australians need to confront the racism t...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 27, 2025
A 36-year fight for justice leads to ‘Cindy’s Law’ and legal reform in NSW

A "long overdue" reform being introduced to New South Wales Parliament on Wednesday to close a legal loophole in the state's Crimes Act will make it possible to prosecute offenders who commit acts of...

“We see justice for our Mum as making sure that this does not happen again" - inquest probes death in custody of Martu woman Dannielle Lowe

A coronial inquest into the death in custody of 41-year-old Martu woman Dannielle Lowe has been presented with evidence of the impact of unconscious bias against Aboriginal people in clinical decision...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 14, 2025
Voice referendum led to increase in hostile levels of racism - report

The Voice referendum saw First Nations people experience increasingly open and hostile levels of racism—much of it in the media and online, a report has found.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 6, 2025
'How not if': Inquiry hears importance of truth and justice commission

It isn't a matter of "should" there be a truth and justice commission at the Commonwealth level, but "how", a senate inquiry has heard. There remains a cultural load of families who submit their deepl...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 20, 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.

NSW police officer guilty of assaulting Aboriginal teenager still employed by force despite losing appeal

A NSW Police officer who assaulted an Aboriginal teenager continues to be employed by the force, 18 months after they were found guilty. Last week, Ryan Barlow, 30, had his appeal for assault occasion...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 18, 2024
Parliamentary inquiry into youth justice and incarceration hears calls for system overhaul

Youth incarceration shouldn't be seen as a last resort, but one we "actively resist," leading human rights lawyers and Indigenous legal and policy experts have said.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 10, 2024
WA Coroner slams "unacceptable" standard of care received by Noongar man who died in custody

Handing down his findings in the inquest into the death of Alf Eades on Monday, WA Coroner Michael Jenkin was highly critical of the lack of supervision and care that Mr Eades received while in custod...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 1, 2024
Inquest into death in custody of young Noongar man reveals "critical need for system reform"

The legal organisation supporting the family of Ricky-Lee Cound, a Noongar man who died in custody in Western Australia aged 22, says the coronial inquest into his death reinforces "the critical need...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 16, 2024
Family of young Noongar man who died in custody urges inquest to shine spotlight on systemic crisis

The family of Ricky-Lee Cound, a 22-year-old Noongar man who died in Hakea prison in March 2022, has called for justice for Ricky, and for all families who have lost loved ones in custody.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 8, 2024
Inquest set to begin into death in custody of 22 year-old Noongar man Ricky-Lee Cound

More than two years after his death in custody, an inquest will begin on Monday into the passing of Ricky-Lee Cound. The Noongar man was only 22 years old when he died in Hakea Prison in Western Austr...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 3, 2024
Call It Out initiative launches new app to tackle racism

The Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, in partnership with the National Justice Project, has launched the Call It Out app, a new platform aimed at documenting and addressing rac...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 29, 2024
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