Independent Pilbara probe after child squalor claims Media claims that more a dozen Indigenous children were living unsupervised in a squalid home has prompted calls for new laws to better protect children. AAP · Sep 25
Indigenous woman dies weeks after giving birth and being evicted from public housing: ‘She was failed completely’ Noongar woman Mary Ann Miller died of sepsis while homeless to avoid an allegedly abusive ex-partner The Guardian - AU · Apr 27
Incarceration crisis: youth laws to face UN scrutiny Australia's juvenile justice system could come under international scrutiny as one state seeks to make its youth crime laws even tougher. AAP · Apr 1, 2025
'Unresolved justice' for families of murdered women A landmark report into missing and murdered First Nations women and children is merely "tinkering at the edges" and won't deliver justice, an expert has warned. AAP · Aug 16, 2024
UN alarmed at number of Indigenous kids in care system A UN panel of experts has raised warning bells about the number of Indigenous children removed from their families in Western Australia. AAP · May 3, 2024
Indigenous women leading plan to end family violence Advocates believe the federal government is moving in the right direction to help end family and domestic violence against First Nations women and children. AAP · Jan 25, 2024
Indigenous Australians grapple with ‘gut-wrenching’ result but pledge to ‘keep fighting’ First Nations leaders who campaigned for the voice say the result is deeply disappointing and could set back reconciliation The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2023
Indigenous boy fighting for life after custody incident A 16-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell at the Unit 18 detention facility in Western Australia. AAP · Oct 12, 2023
Juukan Gorge rehabilitation work underway three years after Rio Tinto blast It's been three years since Rio Tinto blew up sacred rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in WA's Pilbara region. While nothing will make up for the destruction, traditional owners are working to rehabilitate the site. ABC News · May 23, 2023
Protesters rally outside Banksia Hill Detention Centre to call for better conditions for detainees Tensions flare as dozens of protesters voice concern over the treatment of inmates at the Banksia Hill Detention Centre in Perth following last week's riot. ABC News · May 14, 2023
Indigenous leaders ask for relief The Māori say New Zealand must center Indigenous peoples in climate disaster plans Salon · May 2, 2023
Families of missing and murdered Indigenous women tell inquiry police have failed them Senate inquiry hears from First Nations families who have lost loved ones, including young children, in ‘horrific’ ways The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2023
Tiwi Islands traditional owners lodge human rights complaint against banks over $1.5b Santos loan Traditional owners of the Tiwi Islands have lodged human rights grievances against 12 banks for their involvement in a $1.5 billion loan to Santos for its Barossa offshore gas project. ABC News · Apr 4, 2023
More than 95% of north Queensland children on internal police ‘blacklist’ are Indigenous Exclusive: repeat offender index has become a ‘dangerous blacklist’ in what local elders say leads to racial profiling The Guardian - AU · Mar 17, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2023 Yes campaign launch in WA hears anger over Indigenous incarceration and child removal Hundreds packed a forum on the voice to parliament in Perth to hear speakers including new Greens First Nations spokesperson Dorinda Cox
ABC News · Jan 12, 2023 Australia's human rights credibility undermined by domestic record, new report finds Human Rights Watch highlights more Indigenous Australians died in custody last year than in 2021, and that new laws targeting climate protesters resulted in harsher penalties against activists.
ABC News · Dec 11, 2022 SA children locked up in adult cells thousands of times breaching their human rights, report finds A new report found that kids were held at least 2,030 times in SA police cells in the 2020-21 financial year.
AAP · Dec 2, 2022 Higgins' story sparks reform conversation Advocates want reforms to support sexual assault complainants who seek justice after Brittany Higgins' experience showed the personal toll of legal action.
AAP · Dec 2, 2022 Push for national reforms in rape cases Prosecutors have dropped the case against Brittany Higgins' accused rapist due to the impacts on her mental health and advocates say urgent reforms are needed.
The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2022 Plan to overhaul troubled Banksia Hill youth detention centre commissioned but kept secret Aboriginal leaders express anger as review declared an ‘internal document’ just weeks after crisis talks with state government
The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2022 ‘International embarrassment’: WA government taken to task over treatment of Aboriginal children in detention Indigenous human rights expert says state is risking its reputation – ‘We’ve seen children assaulted, treated in highly abusive ways’
ABC News · Nov 21, 2022 WA Police canine use under scrutiny with majority of dog deployments affecting Indigenous Australians Experts call on WA Police to review its procedures for using dogs in the line of duty, after a report reveals more than 60 per cent of canine deployments target Indigenous people.
ABC News · Oct 28, 2022 Indigenous community upset at WA government and police response to Cassius Turvey's death Aboriginal community leaders are penning an open letter to voice their frustration over the WA government and police response following the death of Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article contains images of a person who has died.
ABC News · Oct 23, 2022 The killings and disappearances of Indigenous women across Australia is a crisis hidden in plain sight First Nations women are being murdered at up to 12 times the national average. But a Four Corners investigation reveals we will likely never know the true scale of how many First Nations women have been lost.
The New Daily · Sep 12, 2022 Paul Bongiorno: The Queen’s death helps resolve our identity crisis The death of Queen Elizabeth II has been a reminder of our place in the British monarch's world – among the realms and overseas territories.