Very proud to release an evaluation, with @MegBastard, of @LegalAidNSW’s Civil Law Service for Aboriginal Communities. Thanks to all clients, staff and partner organisations who took part #closethegap#ulurustatement. Evaluation report available now at https://t.co/waiHC4kvi6
Our Senior Solicitor Sam Lee, in the Sydney Morning Herald today on why police should not conduct welfare checks.
We need a more compassionate and safer response to community members experiencing a mental health crisis and an inquiry into police use of force.
This is it in a nutshell - billions for war and nothing for FOI, the Defence Minister taking a jet to go watch the Matildas and the FOI Commissioner on the bus from Sydney to Canberra to do his work.
Last week the QLD Labor Govt. suspended the Human Rights Act.
They are allowing kids as young as 10 to be held indefinitely in adult prisons and watch houses.
Shame on Premier Palaszczuk. Shame on Labor.
Kids should not be locked up.
Police charged an Indigenous man with assault and resisting arrest. All charges were dropped after the video showed police instead kicking and punching him. Surprise surprise - no action was taken after internal investigation https://t.co/s1EqHg0GyL
The University of Newcastle, in collaboration with the Lowitja Institute, has secured nearly three million in federal funding to establish a fresh committee aimed to enhance the health outcomes of First Nations people.
https://t.co/NEvLs8gcmq
This is an excellent resource that answers 10 frequently asked questions about the Voice. It is very helpful in correcting people’s confusion and misinformation. It’s prepared by experts, including @Gabrielle_J_A. Please share widely.
https://t.co/sapyPVzdy1
K’gari then, K’gari now. The name never changed for the Butchulla people. However, today commemorates the official reinstatement of the name K’gari, after years of being known as Fraser Island. https://t.co/PBNYf16Q95