CREATING A wave of CHANGE. Our Impact We work to create enduring changes in systems like prisons, policing, healthcare, immigration detention, child protection, and youth detention. our IMPACT Reports Our 2024 Impact Report shows how you can make a real difference by supporting our work. Our achievements have been made possible only thanks to the […]
What we Fight for Our Priorities We advocate for a fair, just, and equitable society that protects the rights of all people. To achieve our vision, we call for reform on our priority areas, including immigration detention, health justice, discriminatory policing, and First Nations deaths in custody. REFUGEE JUSTICE Learn more HEALTH JUSTICE Learn more
In the case of AYX18, the Minister for Home Affairs was ordered to transfer a child refugee to the mainland to receive urgent psychiatric care.
Case File: Getting Kids Off Nauru – the case of AYX18 Read More »
Instead of locking up kids in youth detention, we must give them medical care, education, and connection to their community.
How can we protect the rights of Indigenous children in youth detention? Read More »
First Nations Peoples should not be considered ‘aliens’ in this country: this is why we’re intervening in the the High Court case of Minister for Immigration v Montgomery.
Why is the High Court case of Montgomery so important for First Nations rights? Read More »
National Justice Project is partnering with Deadly Connections to create the Bugmy Justice Project. This innovative initiative seeks to amplify the voices and experiences of First Nations people and their community in the courtroom and tackle the deadly probem of over incarceration. We spoke to Sambavi Seermaran, a full-time solicitor working across the two organisations to lead the project.
Tackling racial discrimination in our legal system with Deadly Connections Read More »
No one should have to prove that they deserve to receive life-saving medical treatment. DWD18 had to take the Minister for Home Affairs to court to stay alive.
Case File: Medevac of DWD18 from Nauru to secure urgent medical care Read More »
Leetona Dungay, mother of David Dungay Jr., has announced that she is going to take her advocacy to the United Nations (UN).
Leetona Dungay to go to United Nations for David Dungay Jnr Read More »
After being kept in custody despite being granted bail, 36-year-old Aboriginal man Khamsani Victor Jackamarra took his own life at Broome Regional Prison.
Case File: Inquest into the Death of Mr Jackamarra Read More »
