This project completed by the NSW Law And Justice Foundation aims to support service planning for the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Ltd (ALS) by sourcing and analysing relevant data and […]

This report provides a sound base for reviewing culturally sensitive processes and practices within the coronial system, particularly for supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. It does this by […]

The National Agreement on Closing the Gap (the National Agreement) was developed in partnership between Australian Governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak organisations in March 2019. A Joint […]

Just Reinvest NSW was formed by a coalition of more than twenty organisations and individuals from New South Wales to address the significant over-representation of Aboriginal young people in custody […]

Aboriginal people are overrepresented throughout the NSW criminal justice system, making up 24 per cent of its adult prisoners, and 52 per cent of juvenile detainees, despite being just 2.9 […]

This study explored a range of factors that could account for the 50 per cent increase in the adult female custody population in NSW between 2011 and 2017. Of these, […]

This report presents reviews the effectiveness of ADVOs in protecting victims of domestic violence. Included in the report is a brief overview of current research on the protective effectiveness of […]

This is an edited version of the Hon. Bob Debus’ Society of Labor Lawyers Annual lecture in memory of Frank Walker. In it, Mr Debus reflects on changes in the […]

This report highlights the need for leadership and improved regional efforts in tackling the rates of suicide in Australia. Qualitative survey data is relied upon extensively throughout. The findings are […]