Topic: Prisoners’ Rights

11 May 2012 Federal Government announces budget On Tuesday, the Federal Government announced its budget for 2012-2013 which included plans to scrap billions from company ... Read More

4 May 2012 Announcement of new Commonwealth Children’s Commissioner The Commonwealth Attorney-General has announced that the Government will appoint a Children’s Commissioner to sit within ... Read More

27 April 2012 Indigenous communities in West face losing a generation The small community of Mowanjum, which is a 10 minute drive from mining hub ... Read More

13 April 2012 Sentencing Advisory Council releases report on sentencing children and young people in Victoria The Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council has released a report ... Read More

31 March 2012 Federal and Northern Territory Governments announce increased funding to homelands Amnesty International has for quite some time called on both the Federal ... Read More

16 March 2012 Baillieu Government retains Human Rights Charter After being deeply split on the future of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights, the Baillieu ... Read More

The following is a set of reviews covering day two the Implementing Human Rights in Closed Environments 2012 Conference. Click here to read our coverage ... Read More

The following is a set of reviews covering day one the Implementing Human Rights in Closed Environments 2012 Conference. Click here to read our coverage ... Read More

8 March 2012 Australia’s Peak Public Health Body announces opposition to Stronger Futures Bill The Public Health Association of Australia has announced its opposition to ... Read More

This article is part of our February theme, which focuses on one of the great silences in the human rights conversation in Australia: Prisoners’ Rights. ... Read More