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The Aboriginal Flag being flown at Yabun Festival 2018, in the distance is a stage and festival participants
Indigenous Youth Justice Australia
January 26: time to tell the truth
23 January 2020 | 4:51 pm

We encourage all Australians to use January 26 as a day to reflect on the effects of colonisation on Indigenous peoples. Effects are still being experienced to this very day in terms of institutional racism, poverty, health and gross over-representation in Australia’s prisons, removal of children and deaths in custody. We encourage our supporters to […]

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Australia
2019 General Meeting Voters
16 August 2019 | 11:41 am

Your democratically-elected General Meeting Voters will represent members’ voices at the Annual General Meeting in October.

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Australia
2019 General Meeting Voters
18 July 2019 | 4:18 pm

Australian Capital Territory & Southern New South Wales: meet the candidates! Sally Choi My name is Sally Choi and I am currently the Chair of the Youth Advisory Group (YAG). My passion for human rights stemmed as a young girl who fawned over history books, but my discovery of Amnesty happened in my first year […]

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A light artist stands against a dark night sky and paints the AI candle.
Indigenous Youth Justice Australia
Amnesty International welcomes Queensland Youth Justice Amendment Bill
14 June 2019 | 2:23 pm

Responding to Queensland’s Youth Justice Amendment Bill introduced today, Amnesty International Australia Indigenous Rights Advocate, Joel Clark said: “This is serious reform that goes a long way towards fixing Queensland’s broken youth justice system. By addressing major concerns around bail, this reform will have a positive effect on remand rates. It will reduce the number […]

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Volunteers and staff in Western Australia celebrate National Reconciliation Week.
Indigenous Youth Justice Australia
Celebrating National Reconciliation Week 2019!
22 May 2019 | 12:06 pm

National Reconciliation Week runs annually from 27 May – 3 June, book-ended by the anniversaries of the 1967 Referendum and the Mabo decision. This year’s theme is “Grounded in Truth, Walk Together with Courage”. National Reconciliation Week is a time for all people to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore […]

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Silhouette of Indigenous children sitting on a fence
Indigenous Youth Justice Australia
Amnesty calls on WA Government to focus on keeping kids from behind bars
20 February 2019 | 7:12 pm

The Western Australian Government today announced the Premier’s Priorities. One of the targets announced is to: Reduce the overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in custody: By 2028-29, reduce the number of Aboriginal adults in prison by 23 percent from 2017-18 numbers. And with regards to children: Reduce youth reoffending: By 2022-23, have no more than 50 […]

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Refugee rights Australia
Amnesty at Labor National Conference
4 December 2018 | 3:42 pm

You’re invited! On 16-18 December the Labor Party is holding it’s National Conference in Adelaide. Amnesty’s refugee campaigner Shankar Kasynathan and Amnesty’s Advocacy & External Affairs Manager Emma Bull will be there to influence the Labor Party’s policy platform on our key campaign areas – like community sponsorship and raise the age. Party conferences are […]

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146 stuffed toys behind bars out the front of Queensland Parliament House. For each teddy there is a child under 14 behind bars in Queensland
Community is Everything Australia
Overcrowding in Queensland children’s prisons becoming human rights crisis
15 November 2018 | 12:37 pm

In response to an incident at Brisbane Youth Detention Centre earlier this week, and reports of a teenage boy being held in Mount Isa Police Watchhouse for 11 days, Amnesty International Australia Indigenous Rights Adviser, Rodney Dillon, said: “These incidents were a direct result of the overcrowding in Queensland’s youth prisons, which is creeping towards […]

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Community is Everything Australia
NT must lead the way in ending criminalisation of 10 year old kids
28 August 2018 | 12:58 pm

The Gunner Government must be the first in Australia to end the injustice of children as young as 10 being held back in life by a criminal record, said Amnesty International in Darwin today. The Northern Territory Government, like all in Australia, is harming children at a crucial time in their development, by criminalising them […]

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Australia
Australia: New Prime Minister Scott Morrison must uphold human rights in Australia and overseas
24 August 2018 | 1:29 pm

In response to the news that Australia has new a Prime Minister, with Scott Morrison this afternoon taking over the leadership role from Malcolm Turnbull, Claire Mallinson, National Director of Amnesty International Australia said: “Australians expect to see our government deliver equality and justice for all. The revolving door of leadership has once again seen […]

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