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PJI Indigenous Lecture Series – 13 September at 4.00pm

August 31, 2017 by Graham Barr

Practical Justice Initiative, Indigenous Lecture Series – ‘From the Expert Panel to the Referendum Council: the role of truth and justice in constitutional reform’ – Professor Megan Davis. 4.00pm on […]

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29th Annual NSW Local Government Aboriginal Network Conference 2017

August 17, 2017 by Graham Barr

The Annual NSW Local Government Aboriginal Network Conference for 2017 will be held in Albury, from Wednesday 13th September to Friday 15th September. The LGAN conference provides information, fellowship and […]

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Report on women’s specialist domestic and family violence services

August 16, 2017 by Graham Barr

Report on Women’s specialist DFV services and Aboriginal women. Helping women who have experienced or been affected by domestic and family violence (DFV) is vital but not straightforward. Often women […]

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The Law Council Justice Project

August 16, 2017 by Graham Barr

The Law Council is calling on Australians, particularly those who identify or work with priority groups, to get involved in The Justice Project. To adequately address injustices, they need to […]

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Australian Social Policy Conference at UNSW

August 14, 2017 by Graham Barr

The Australian Social Policy Conference (ASPC) (25–27 September 2017) is a multidisciplinary conference concerned with issues of social policy, addressing the most pressing challenges facing Australian policy makers, practitioners and […]

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Affordable housing shortfall leaves 1.3m households in need and rising

August 8, 2017 by Graham Barr

  New Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) report reveals, for the first time, the extent of housing need in Australia. An estimated 1.3 million households (14% of all […]

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Recognition and redress in gendered disability violence | Leanne Dowse | 22 Aug 4.00pm

August 8, 2017 by Graham Barr

Recognition and redress in gendered disability violence – an address by Associate Prof Leanne Dowse. Despite the growing awareness of the connections between disability and experiences of violence, little scholarly attention […]

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People shouldn’t go to prison for not paying fines, government body says

August 8, 2017 by Graham Barr

Australian Law Reform Commission is examining ways to reduce the number of Indigenous people behind bars. In a discussion paper, the commission said states and territories should abolish laws that […]

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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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