Sayomi Ariyawansa reflects on the number of Victorian Aboriginal children who are currently in out-of-home or child-protection care, and evaluates the recent policy proposals intended to tackle this issue
In August, Right Now took an in-depth look at education and human rights. Read our education issue here.
Like Plato’s prisoner in the cave, kids at school are often disengaged with the world around them. Claire Feain shares her experiences with equipping Australian youth with the tools to become active citizens so they can emerge out the cave with their eyes open.
Ros Kidd examines the financial mismanagement of Aboriginal savings and trust funds and the fight for full justice for the Stolen Wages claimants.
Melanie Schwartz and Prof Chris Cuneen discuss the advantages of Justice Reinvestment programs for reducing Indigenous incarceration rates in Australia.
Melissa Stoneham, the Deputy Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute in WA, on the Western Australian Indigenous Storybooks and counteracting negative media coverage of Aboriginal health.
In June this year, Right Now published a special issue on Human Rights and History. Read the entire issue here.
Elizabeth Grant and Sarah Paddick explain the need for Australian prison systems to be more responsive to the specific needs of Aboriginal women prisoners.
The Koori Courts recognise that Aboriginal offenders have a different historical relationship with their justice system, writes Ellen Hays.
Dr Nicholas Clements explores why acknowledging Tasmania’s Black War and its legacy is crucial to reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Tasmanians.