With people all around the country posting their marriage equality voting forms, psychiatrist and father Dr Matthew Roberts believes marriage equality for all will have a positive effect on the mental health of our children and society as a whole. On the fence? You’ll want to vote yes after reading this. Relationships and wellbeing Every […]
Join us for an all-ages event to promote marriage equality and raise the LGBTI community’s spirits during these turbulent times. Bring some snacks, bring the family, and wear your Sunday finest for this wedding-themed picnic! This event will be at The Gazebo! Whilst this is an LGBTI safe space, allies are also welcome.
Following strong activism led by our Tasmanian action groups, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces that youth detention will be discussed at the next COAG (Council of Australian Governments) meeting. Find out what it took. Tassie’s determined activists Sylvie Merope, co-convenor of the Southern Tasmanian action group, wouldn’t have believed that this would happen if you […]
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said that addressing the over-representation of Indigenous children in Australia’s detention centres nation-wide is a “top priority” as he finalises the terms of the Royal Commission into the abuse of children in detention in the Northern Territory. He has also committed to making sure that issues of youth detention child […]
We have failed Indigenous kids. It is a matter of national urgency to raise the age and commit to justice reinvestment.
Australia’s youth detention system is in crisis. Children as young as 10 are being locked away and subjected to spit hoods, solitary confinement, police cages and adult watch houses. These practices meet the UN definition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. No child in Australia should ever be subjected to torture. In the […]
Australia’s youth detention system is costing billions of dollars each year while consistently failing to meet international human rights standards. Children as young as 10 are being detained in youth detention centres and police watch houses under conditions condemned by human rights experts, royal commissions and international bodies. Despite decades of evidence showing that “tough […]
January 26 means different things to many people. The first documented protest on this date took place in 1938, when Aboriginal leaders including Jack Patten and William Ferguson organised the Day of Mourning in Sydney to protest 150 years of dispossession and discrimination. Since then, Aboriginal people have protested on this date every year. While […]
Stand up for justice January 26 is a day to stand in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Each year there is talk of division, yet year after year – rain, hail or heatwave – tens of thousands of Australians come together in a powerful show of solidarity. Young people, seniors, visitors, new […]
All of the experts agree — kids don’t belong in prison. Prisons don’t address the causes of problematic behaviour, and they don’t reduce recidivism. Instead, when a child comes into contact with the criminal justice system they enter a never-ending cycle of trauma, harm and violence. This shameful reality is even greater for Aboriginal and […]
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