Should Australia Introduce a Charter of Rights?
Australia’s Constitution as it stands protects only a limited number of rights. Most of them have been read as ‘implied
Australia’s Constitution as it stands protects only a limited number of rights. Most of them have been read as ‘implied
A worker at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre last week tested positive to coronavirus. The newest case in Queensland is
First Nations advocates and families of those who have died in custody are demanding “fundamental change[s] to the justice system”.
The Commonwealth Ombudsman has made admissions about the increasing use of force and restraint in immigration detention. A recent oversight
Aboriginal people in the Northern Rivers, and in the Sydney region, are twice as likely to receive a jail sentence
Over 170 killed, hundreds injured and around 300,000 left homeless. The explosion rocked the entire country and has shone a
In the USA, 86,639 prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19. At least 805 prisoners have died. It’s not surprising that
Prominent Indigenous lawyers are calling for the government to set up the Walama Court as a matter of urgency. In
Prominent criminal barrister Phillip Boulten SC has called for charges to be laid on the prison guards involved in the
NSW Strip Search Saga: Rolling Revelations of Systemic Abuses of Power In October 2019, a 16-year old girl identified as
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