Police officers involved in Tanya Day’s death avoid prosecution
Article from the Human Rights Law Centre (26 August 2020) gives an insight into the circumstances of Tanya’s death in detention and the response of…
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Sydney Police action against Black Lives Matter protest unnecessary and discriminatory
Contributed from New South Wales The Back Lives movement in Australia is obviously important to Frist Nations people, and it is important for the whole…
Video: How does Rio Tinto get away with destroying a 40,000 year old heritage site?
Standing with Australia’s First Nations communities Together we can build huge momentum around this campaign, and force our governments to act. Sign the petition and…
Rio Tinto’s destruction at Juukan Gorge was no accident
Contributed from Queensland Destruction of a site holding relics of 46,000 years old human habitation by the world’s second biggest mining company, and the subsequent…
Groups put forward plan to reduce indigenous imprisonment and end deaths in custody
Contributed by Ben Wilson As the controversy over black deaths in custody in Australia gathers momentum, the big Black Lives Matter marches around the nation…
Suicides continue in the Kimberley with communities waiting for the Government to act
Suicide among young Frist Nation people in West Australia’s Kimberly is an epidemic, made all the worse by ongoing government neglect. Recommendations from a coronial…
Thousands farewell Brisbane Indigenous leader
First Nations leader Sam Watson left his mark and has been honoured after his death on 26 November at just 67 years old. Thousands turned…
Deaths in custody and ignoring assault are part of the same pattern
Contributed by Ugly It is shameful that the first inhabitants of this land continue to die in custody. Australia is witnessing a new epidemic of…
Police discussed stopping anti-pipeline activists ‘by any means’
Sam Levin and Will Parrish write (The Guardian 25 November 2019) that law enforcement officials are gearing up for an even more violent approach than…
Sydney council drops 26 January Australia Day
Contributed by Adam Carlton After conducting a survey, which showed that most people in the municipality wanted Australia Day shifted from the 26 January, an…
