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Working Inter-culturally : Mark Yettica Paulson at TEDx Alice Springs

June 28, 2016 by Gus Frystak

TEDx Alice Springs – Mark is an Indigenous man from the southeast Queensland and northeast NSW regions. He is a founding member of the National Indigenous Youth Movement of Australia […]

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A predictable and preventable path: IAMHDCD Report

June 24, 2016 by Gus Frystak

IAMHDCD Report – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with mental and cognitive disabilities are signi cantly over-represented
in Australian criminal justice systems. However there has been a lack of critically […]

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Listening but not hearing: process has trumped substance in Indigenous affairs

June 22, 2016 by Graham Barr

Process has trumped substance in Indigenous affairs. Debates around Indigenous affairs and constitutional recognition of Australia’s first peoples have reared their head in the election campaign. This article by Megan […]

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Disability Human Rights Clinic

June 21, 2016 by Graham Barr

Melbourne Law School (MLS) is offering a new clinical subject: Disability Human Rights Clinic. Students enrolled in the clinic identify, analyse and report on rights violations experienced by persons with disabilities, […]

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Circle Sentencing in NSW

June 16, 2016 by Graham Barr

Circle Sentencing was introduced in New South Wales on a trial basis at Nowra in February 2002. This report reviews and evaluates the first 12 months of the trial’s operation, […]

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Murri Court in Queensland

June 15, 2016 by Graham Barr

Murri Court is a Magistrates court in Queensland where Aboriginal and Torres Strait people can go to have their matter heard. It respects Aboriginal and Torres Strait culture and involves […]

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Connecting Health and Justice Forum – Illawarra, June 29th

June 10, 2016 by Graham Barr

You are invited to attend a forum for workers in the health and justice sectors in the Illawarra on June 29, to: – Explore new ways to develop and strengthen partnerships […]

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Research to Action Conference – June 29th

June 3, 2016 by Graham Barr

  National Disability Services (NDS) and the Centre for Disability Research and Policy (CDRP) are hosting a Research to Action one day conference at the University of Sydney on the 29th […]

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People living with mental illness are over-represented in the justice system in NSW, and over-represented as victims of crime

June 2, 2016 by Graham Barr

The Mental Health Commission has reported that people living with mental illness are not only significantly over-represented in the justice system in NSW, they are also over-represented as victims of […]

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2016 Disability Support Worker Conference

June 2, 2016 by Graham Barr

Disability Support Worker Conference is a one day conference designed to provide frontline workers with the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills that will enhance the quality of services to […]

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December 12, 2017

The ConversationThree reasons Australians should be concerned that NGOs’ voices are not being heard. A healthy democracy is built on the premise that public debate should allow for many and diverse voices to be heard as part of the contest for ideas that informs policymaking. If Australians want this to be the case, the current state of play offers three reasons for concern.

December 11, 2017

Family MattersThe Family Matters Report 2017 shows the rate at which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are removed from their families continues to be an escalating national crisis. Without immediate action from all levels of government further generations of children will be lost to their families, cultures and communities. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are 9.8 times more likely to be living in out-of-home care than non-Indigenous children.

December 7, 2017

Mission AustraliaMission Australia have just released results from their 16th Youth Survey, in which 24,055 young people aged 15 to 19 took part. Young people identified mental health, alcohol and drugs and equity and discrimination as the most important issues in Australia today, with around one third of young people identifying mental health (33.7%) or alcohol and drugs (32.0%) as important issues in Australia today and almost three in ten respondents identifying equity and discrimination (27.3%) as a major issue. 

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