Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / First Nations Cadetships aim to boost Indigenous lawyer numbers A Wiradjuri man from Cowra is one of three cadets who participated in the NSW government’s inaugural First Nations Cadetship... 3 Mar 2023 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Paul Ramsay Foundation boosts the Raise the Age campaign The NSW campaign to Raise the Age has received a significant boost, thanks to a generous commitment of campaigning and... 23 Feb 2023 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / UN urges Australia to improve treatment of people in detention A report from the UN Committee Against Torture urges government action to improve Australia’s treatment of people in police custody,... 20 Dec 2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Legal Centres call for all COVID fines to be cancelled, existing fines regime to be reviewed The NSW Government’s ‘law and order’ response to the pandemic created significant fines debt and damaged community-police relations in... 13 Dec 2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / PIAC says 'yes' to the Voice The Public Interest Advocacy Centre supports a First Nations Voice to Parliament enshrined in the Australian Constitution. We say ‘yes’,... 7 Dec 2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / NSW petition to raise the age gets 63,000 signatures Public Interest Advocacy Centre CEO Jonathon Hunyor said locking up children fails our community. “The verdict from medical, legal and... 11 Aug 2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / 2SER interview: Raise The Age Right now, politicians are sending children as young as ten years old to be locked away in prison. PIAC is... 27 Jul 2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / The over-representation of First Nations kids in out of home care continues to rise The rates of removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children by government agencies into out-of-home care (OOHC) nationally continues... 27 Jun 2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Facing the Truth about Indigenous Australians The most comprehensive truth-telling project in Australian history is documenting every law and policy that has targeted or had a... 18 May 2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Law faces the truth on Indigenous impact Towards Truth’s project co-ordinator is 30-year-old lawyer Corey Smith, a Ngemba man whose work on the database helped him understand... 18 May 2022
