CREATING
A wave of
CHANGE.
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Impact
We work to create enduring changes in systems like prisons, policing, healthcare, immigration detention, child protection, and youth detention.
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Celebrating 10 years of the National Justice Project, our 2015-2025 Impact Report showcases the incredible work we have done together fearlessly fighting injustice over the past decade. Thank you for your ongoing support in driving meaningful change!
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500+
Over the past decade, we have worked on more than 500 active legal cases including matters across immigration detention, policing, correctional services and healthcare.
20MIL+
We helped secure more than $20million in settlements awarded for our clients.
200
More than 200 social justice students have studied with us at Macquarie and Monash Universities or volunteered across our legal, project and admin teams.
2.3MIL
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we received more than $2,300,000 in donations during 2025. 100% of donations go straight to the front line work.
1,762+
We have received more than 1,762 enquiries from individuals and organisations seeking support in their search for justice. Every one has been supported or provided with referrals.
120,000+
We have provided 120,000+ hours of pro bono legal support to our clients.
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SECURING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE MULLALEY FAMILY
In May and July 2022, George Newhouse, Karina Hawtrey, Melissa Razuki and Tasma Walton from the NJP joined the Mullaley family in Perth to meet parliamentarians and receive the WA Government’s apology and pardon.
Despite being the victims of a brutal assault and abduction that led to the murder of their beloved Baby Charlie, our clients were wrongly arrested by the WA Police, and they were let down by the official investigation into Baby Charlie’s death.
After five years of fighting for justice with the Mullaley family, we secured accountability from WA Police and a formal apology and pardon from the WA Attorney General.
“We are forever grateful and cannot find the words to thank the team for their many hours of work. We needed a hero – the National Justice Project stepped up.”
“The team maintained constant pressure on the WA Government to get Baby Charlie’s story told in its full truth. We never gave up, and neither did the National Justice Project.”
– Kathleen Pinkerton, Aunt of Baby Charlie
STANDING WITH THE FAMILY OF RICK ‘DOUGIE’ HAMPSON JNR
In May and July 2022, George Newhouse, Karina Hawtrey, Melissa Razuki and Tasma Walton from the NJP joined the Mullaley family in Perth to meet parliamentarians and receive the WA Government’s apology and pardon.
“When no one else would help, the National Justice Project took on our case. Since our family reached out to the team, we’ve got the media onto our story, we’ve met with government, and – most importantly – we’ve got the NSW Coroner to establish an inquest into the death of our son, Dougie.”
“The NJP has done the heavy lifting for us. They’ve spent hours and hours sending emails, writing letters, putting in complaints. Their work is endless, and they’re so much help – we could not have done it without them.”
“We can’t express how much it means to us. Without the National Justice Project and its supporters pushing the case, without all their constant work, we wouldn’t have got this far. If you support them, you should feel proud. Because without people like you, my family wouldn’t have got this far.”
– Rick Hampson Snr.
Father of Ricky “Dougie” Hampson Jnr.
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We’re celebrating the people who give their time to the National Justice Project, and hearing what the experience has meant to them. National Volunteer Week, running from 18–24 May, is Australia’s largest annual celebration of volunteers. It recognises the contribution of more than six million Australians who generously offer their time and expertise to support others. The […]
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