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ABC 4Corners report on the ‘Justice Reinvestment’ trial in Bourke

September 22, 2016 by Graham Barr

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 […]

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Disabled and in jail: a double punishment

September 21, 2016 by Graham Barr

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 […]

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To move forward on reconciliation, Australia must recognise it has a race relations problem

September 20, 2016 by Graham Barr

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 […]

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Zero Tolerance

September 19, 2016 by Graham Barr

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 […]

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Information-share for Aboriginal people with disability, their families and communities

September 16, 2016 by Graham Barr

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 […]

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‘Zero out of ten’: Indigenous youth rate low levels of happiness

September 7, 2016 by Graham Barr

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 […]

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Can Turnbull change course in Indigenous affairs?

September 5, 2016 by Graham Barr

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 […]

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Songs and Stories of Indigenous Incarceration

September 5, 2016 by Graham Barr

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.

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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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