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A Childrens Court judge has overturned a detention order for a 15-year-old Indigenous child with "a considerable history of trauma and neglect”.
Tony Keim
First nations
- First nations
Today, 2 September, is Indigenous Literacy Day, an annual day to celebrate Indigenous culture, stories, language and literacy.
Paul Paulson
- First nations
The Black Lives Matter movement is a catalyst for change in the ongoing tragedy of Aboriginal deaths in custody in Australia.
Joshua Apanui
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Indigenous rights activist Sandra Creamer this week joined the legal profession, her admission moved by proud son and barrister Joshua.
Lexi Kehl
- First nations
Despite COVID-19, reconciliation must continue with the aim of achieving concrete, culturally viable results for a genuinely reconciled future.
Joshua Apanui
- Perspectives
Two Aboriginal men, born overseas but residing in Australia, faced deportation because of criminal offences, until the High Court delivered a very significant verdict.
Kate Slack, Arron Hartnett
- News
The Law Council of Australia has announced that applications for the 2020 John Koowarta Reconciliation Law Scholarship are now open.
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Three community-led organisations have been granted $5.8 million by the Queensland Department of Youth Justice to trial culturally designed programs to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth offenders.
Tony Keim
- Perspectives
According to Sisters Inside CEO Debbie Kilroy OAM, it is “beyond outrageous” that more than 400 Aboriginal people have died in custody since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) report was tabled on 15 April 1991.
Joshua Apanui
- Perspectives
It is one of the most heartbreaking and shocking statistics for any Australian state or territory, but the over-representation of First Nations people in our jails is both a tragedy and ongoing human rights crisis.
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