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International human rights barrister Jennifer Robinson has joined the National Justice Project to advise the family of Ballardong Njaki-Njaki woman Donna Nelson ahead of her trial set down to begin next month on 18 November 2024. The West Australian grandmother
Content Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the image and name of a Kamilaroi/Dunghutti man who has passed away National Justice Project CEO Adjunct Professor George Newhouse and Chair Steven Castan report on important
The current state of the youth justice system in Australia raises significant concerns with alarming patterns of mistreatment and systematic failure according to leading human rights lawyers and Indigenous legal and policy experts. The National Justice Project and the Jumbunna
The mere presence of police uniforms, firearms, lights, and sirens can potentially escalate situations, intimidate people experiencing a mental health crisis and increase the potential of adverse outcomes, according to a recently released NSW Police internal review. The National Justice
The National Justice Project has welcomed the establishment of a Senate Inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system following the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee announcement last week. Principal Solicitor of the National Justice Project Emma Hearne also welcomed
The National Justice Project is leading an Australian campaign to advocate for appropriate first responders instead of police attending to people in a health or social crisis, especially those related to mental health. The human rights legal service is meeting
After a six-year battle to hold the government to account for failing to provide adequate medical care on Nauru, the Federal Court issued judgments approving two settlements for two children whose health had been compromised whilst they were detained offshore.
Content Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the image and name of a Kamilaroi/Dunghutti man who has passed away. NSW Deputy State Coroner Magistrate Erin Kennedy has referred a Dubbo Base Hospital doctor to
Content Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the names of First Nations people who have passed away. The National Justice Project has welcomed today’s release of the Senate report following a two-year inquiry on
Content Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the images and names of First Nations people who have passed away. Handing down her findings at the local court house in Bourke, State Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan