With bars, without walls
Chloe Potvin sheds light on the housing challenges female Indigenous prisoners face post-release.
First Nations – Page 7
The case for free phone calls in prison
Imagine not being able to afford a single phone call to your family. That's the reality for people in Australian prisons. Monique Hurley and Sarah Schwartz explain why phone calls in prison should be free.
Artistic Dreaming – Women, Art and Empowerment in La Perouse
By Jacqui Fetchet. This article is part of our April and May focus on Art and Human Rights. “For me the idea of a blank canvas is one of the most empowering things – the thought that you can do anything, go anywhere, say whatever you want. It is freedom of speech. For my people it […]
Mother Courage – Mid-Week Review
By Maya Borom. Warwick Thornton’s Mother Courage is an installation co-commissioned by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and the five-yearly modern and contemporary art exhibition dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany. Thornton is best known as the winner of the Camera d’Or for best first feature at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival for Samson […]
Aboriginal Australians Offered National Suicide Prevention Program
By Shae Courtney. In 2008 the State Coroner for Western Australia, Alastair Hope, released his report into the deaths of 22 Aboriginal Australians in the Kimberley region of Western Australia since 2000. The Hope Report outlined some 27 recommendations to the state government and highlighted the urgent need for accountability in the state’s provisions to […]
CULTURAL DIVERSITY, NAMING & SHAMING & ABORIGINAL Community’s CALL FOR HELP: THE HUMAN RIGHTS WRAP UP
21 July 2012 Cultural Diversity and child protection A review of Available research literature into the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) as well as refugee families in the Australian Child Protection System (CPS) has been published. The paper looks into what areas still require research in order to meet the needs of migrants […]
Misplaced Pasts: Registering Aboriginal Births
This article is part of our June theme, which focuses on Indigenous People and their human rights. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. Arinya* is a single mother with four children under the age of nine. Although all her children’s births have been registered, only the eldest two have birth certificates as the Registry […]
Racism exists in Australia – are we doing enough to address it?
This article is part of our March theme, which focuses on an ongoing challenge to Australian society: Race & Discrimination. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. Racism exists in Australia Racism does exist in Australia. We know this is a fact. Our own complaints at the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) tell us […]
The State’s Responsibility to Care: Aboriginal people, human rights and the justice system
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 our Editorial for more on this theme. The relationship between Aboriginal people, the justice system and human rights is complex. The state has historically contributed to Aboriginal disadvantage through policy […]
Family Violence and Homelessness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
This article is part of our December theme, which focuses on one of the least appreciated but most fundamental aspects of well-being: housing. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. This month’s theme – homelessness – is one that affects all communities. One of the most common causes of homelessness in Australia is domestic and […]
Work and the Basic Cards in the Northern Territory
The launch of Twiggy Forrest Generation One last year has sparked much media noise around Indigenous Employment. Aspirational targets were set, stats produced, ministers brought out, and questions were asked in estimate committees. The wheels were well and truly set in motion. And whilst all this attention is more than welcome, there remain large areas […]