SCALING UP
OUR IMPACT
Our
Projects
We join forces with our partners in collaborative projects that educate the community about their rights, build our shared power to make change, and amplify the impact of our legal action.
Together with our partners, we create groundbreaking projects that empower communities with the tools and knowledge they need to tackle discrimination.
Learn more about our projects for justice in the community.
Call
It Out
The Call It Out racism register is a simple and secure way for people to report incidents of racism and discrimination toward First Nations Peoples. By calling out racism, you can help tell the true story of racism in this country.
We joined with Larissa Behrendt, Jumbunna Institute Director and National Justice Project Board member, to launch Call It Out in 2022.
Copwatch
You can use CopWatch to educate yourself about your rights when filming police interactions with the community. Our groundbreaking app, website and training programme is designed to keep you safe and hold police accountable.
Dunghutti, Gumbaynggirr, Bundjalung activist Lizzie Jarrett presented to a CopWatch training session in Minto (NSW) in March 2023.
hear me out
Our ground-breaking AI-powered platform helps you access information and services to lodge a formal complaint against discrimination, injustice or harm. By sharing your experience and making an official complaint, you are helping to identify and respond to issues for the benefit of all community members.
PARTNERSHIP FOR
JUSTICE IN HEALTH
The Partnership for Justice in Health (P4JH) is an alliance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academics, legal experts, and organisations committed to working together to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and justice outcomes through addressing racism.
We stood with our client, Leetona Dungay, the mother of David Dungay Jnr, to announce a complaint to the United Nations against the government’s failure to take action against First Nations deaths in custody.
ABORIGINAL PATIENT
ADVOCACY TRAINING
We have partnered with the Aboriginal Health Council of WA and the Health Consumers’ Council to develop training for community members and professionals to advocate with Aboriginal people to protect their rights and wellbeing in the health system.
lawhack
Our flagship event brings the legal community together to develop innovative solutions to issues of systemic injustice. Our first hackathon, LawHack 2021 looked at advocacy and legal strategies for disability justice, while LawHack 2023 seeks to protect the rights of First Nations children in youth detention and out-of-home-care.
We stood with our client, Leetona Dungay, the mother of David Dungay Jnr, to announce a complaint to the United Nations against the government’s failure to take action against First Nations deaths in custody.
ALTERNATIVE
FIRST RESPONDERS
The National Justice Project has released a position paper to guide an Australian campaign advocating for appropriate first responders instead of police attending where a health or social response is required. The paper has been widely endorsed by community stakeholders.
JUSTICE
CHANGE
ACCOUNTABILITY
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LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR CASES
People experiencing a mental health crisis deserve care, not criminalisation. That’s why the National Justice Project and the Alternative First Responders campaign have made a submission to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission’s community survey on mental health and policing interactions in NSW. Our submission outlines the harms caused by police-led responses to mental health crises […]
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) will introduce significant nationwide reforms, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural competency training for more than 100,000 of its staff, following the resolution of Federal Court proceedings brought by the Benton family. Barkindji Koori man, Murray Benton, along with his family, lodged a racial discrimination complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission and later commenced proceedings at the Federal Court, after […]
Content Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this media release contains the name of a Gomeroi person who has passed away. The Coroner has ruled out suicide as the cause of death of Gomeroi teenager Mark Anthony Haines and delivered strong criticism of the way NSW Police investigated his death in 1988. Mark, aged 17, was […]
The Northern Territory Government is proposing significant changes to child protection laws through the Care and Protection of Children Legislation Amendment (Every Child Matters) Bill 2026. But the National Justice Project has raised serious concerns about the proposed laws in a submission to the Northern Territory Legislative Scrutiny Committee, warning they are being rushed through […]
On National Sorry Day, we honour the Stolen Generations and acknowledge the pain still carried by First Nations families and communities. First Nations children are still being removed from their families at rates that are persistently and staggeringly disproportionate. In 2023-24 across Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were 9.6 times more likely to […]
This year, the National Justice Project partnered with the University of Technology Sydney and the Jumbunna Legal Strategies Hub to launch the Strategic Litigation Clinic, putting trauma-informed practice at the centre of legal training from day one. Trauma can affect how a person thinks, feels and behaves. Whether it’s triggered by a single event, or a series of difficult experiences, it can stay […]
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 […]
‘Reconciliation is not a spectator sport’ is the message behind this year’s National Reconciliation Week theme. ‘All In’ is a direct call for every person to stand alongside First Nations people and commit to reconciliation every day. Standing alongside is not the same as standing back and watching. But standing alongside is not the same as standing back and watching. The […]
Health Justice means being able to walk into any hospital or clinic and know you will be treated with respect and receive the care you need, without fear of racism, bias or stereotyping. But across Australia, First Nations people are still being denied safe healthcare, with laws, policies and structures that disempower communities from accessing […]
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