The Victorian Legislative Council’s Legal and Social Committee tabled the final report for the Inquiry into children affected by parental incarceration to Parliament on 4 August 2022. The Committee received […]
The Victorian Legislative Council’s Legal and Social Committee tabled the final report for the Inquiry into children affected by parental incarceration to Parliament on 4 August 2022. The Committee received […]
Resources Dec,2011
The New South Wales’ Ombudsman findings and recommendations following an examination of the concerns raised by the Bourke and Brewarrina Aboriginal Community Working Parties about service delivery to vulnerable children […]
The Committee was required to inquire into the factors contributing to the inhalation of volatile substances; the adequacy of existing strategies for dealing with this; best practice strategies to address […]
This paper considers the Aboriginal Care Circle Pilot Program (Care Circle pilot) in Nowra as a ‘culturally appropriate’ step within the court process for deciding Aboriginal child protection care matters. […]
While several key contributing factors to illegal activity have been identified and frequently studied, this article identifies mental health/illness, intellectual disability (ID) and Aboriginal status as factors that need further […]
Indigenous Australian females are under-represented in the Australian labour force and in employment. According to the population census of 2006, 49% of Indigenous females were in the labour force compared […]
All Australian Governments agree that customary law in no way justifies, authorises or requires violence or sexual abuse against women and children. This media release announces that the Commonwealth is […]
This report is the first of two reports into the efficiency and effectiveness of prisoner education, training and employment strategies. Its focus is prison employment activities and prison industries, and […]
Resources October,2014
This resource is a collection of papers from the international Indigenous TJ+ research conference held at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in October 2014, which […]
This paper provides an overview of international human rights standards relevant to mandatory sentencing, which include various provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on […]