ABC 4Corners report on the outback town of Bourke’s bold experiment with ‘Justice Reinvestment’ – a program that originated in the US, to save its Aboriginal young people from a life of crime […]
Archives for September 2016
Disabled and in jail: a double punishment
This ‘Disabled and in jail: a double punishment’ SMH article outlines research compiling figures on the number of disabled prisoners. People with disabilities, such as acquired brain injury, are vastly over-represented […]
To move forward on reconciliation, Australia must recognise it has a race relations problem
Not much is known about what Indigenous people think of the non-Indigenous population, or of how they experience race relations. This Conversation article describes research in Darwin that shows most […]
Zero Tolerance
Zero Tolerance is an initiative led by NDS in partnership with the disability sector. Built around a national evidence-based framework, it aims to assist disability service providers to understand, implement and […]
Information-share for Aboriginal people with disability, their families and communities
Across many areas of Inner-West Sydney, First Peoples Disability Network Australia is sharing information with Aboriginal people with disability, their families and communities about: getting the support you need to have a […]
‘Zero out of ten’: Indigenous youth rate low levels of happiness
Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men have lower rates of happiness than their non-Indigenous counterparts, with 10 percent rating their happiness as zero out of ten, a new survey […]
Can Turnbull change course in Indigenous affairs?
For many, relations between Indigenous Australians and the government are best described as being in a state of crisis. Prime Minister Turnbull explicitly chose to assume the mantle of his predecessor Tony […]
Songs and Stories of Indigenous Incarceration
The over-representation and treatment of Indigenous Australians in the justice system is once again making headlines, but a documentary, Prison Songs, puts a human face to the experiences of inmates.