Nations question delay in raising age of criminal responsibility to 14 and response to Uluru statementThe Australian government is to be challenged Read More
Jan 18, 2021
Indigenous Australians
Nov 01, 2020
NSW police strip-searched 96 children in past year, some as young as 11
Exclusive: new data reveals 21% of those searches were performed on Indigenous childrenPolice in New South Wales have continued to strip-search dozens Read More
Aug 21, 2020
From defending Ivan Milat to seeking justice on Palm Island: Andrew Boe’s life in the courtroom
Once described as running ‘a hard line in moral earnestness’, the barrister’s new book paints a portrait of Australia few would ever seeThere are Read More
Aug 20, 2020
Australian Capital Territory votes to raise age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14
The ACT is the first jurisdiction in Australia to bring its laws in line with UN standards, in a move welcomed by Indigenous advocatesThe ACT has Read More
Feb 12, 2020
Legal experts urge caution on high court ruling that Aboriginal Australians are not ‘aliens’
Immediate impact is limited, but broader implications will take time to emerge, constitutional lawyers say Legal experts have warned it would be Read More
Nov 19, 2018
Victorian election: what the parties are promising
Many of the major parties’ policies are about how to manage Melbourne’s record population growth of more 125,000 people a yearThe contest on education Read More
May 31, 2018
Youth Koori court in NSW extended, with $2.7m for three more years
The program, intended to help Indigenous offenders stay out of jail, will be extended to Surry Hills children’s court after pilot in Parramatta• Sign Read More
Apr 01, 2018
It’s only natural: the push to give rivers, mountains and forests legal rights
It seems logical to grant protection to nature by treating it as a living entity. And the law might be catching upOn 20 March a community rally on the Read More
Apr 01, 2018
It’s only natural: the push to give rivers, mountains and forests legal rights
It seems logical to grant protection to nature by treating it as a living entity. And the law might be catching upOn 20 March a community rally on the Read More