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The National Justice Project is now representing 12 National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants in a class action against legal firm HWL Ebsworth following a ransomware hack last year. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is investigating a
The National Justice Project is leading an Australian campaign to advocate for appropriate first responders instead of police attending to people in a health or social crisis, especially those related to mental health. The human rights legal service is meeting
After a six-year battle to hold the government to account for failing to provide adequate medical care on Nauru, the Federal Court issued judgments approving two settlements for two children whose health had been compromised whilst they were detained offshore.
Content Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the image and name of a Kamilaroi/Dunghutti man who has passed away. NSW Deputy State Coroner Magistrate Erin Kennedy has referred a Dubbo Base Hospital doctor to
Content Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the names of First Nations people who have passed away. The National Justice Project has welcomed today’s release of the Senate report following a two-year inquiry on
Content Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the images and names of First Nations people who have passed away. Handing down her findings at the local court house in Bourke, State Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan
Handing down her findings in the inquest into the death of Todd McKenzie today, Deputy State Coroner Harriet Grahame was highly critical of the practices of NSW Police on the day. On 31 July 2019, Todd McKenzie was suffering from
An inquest opening today in Brisbane into the death of a young Sudanese refugee who was held in Manus Island offshore immigration detention centre will shed light on Australia’s secretive offshore detention regime, says human rights law firm the National
The National Justice Project made a submission to the National Children’s Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission to provide input into the Youth Justice and Child Wellbeing Reform Project. Our submission covered a number of factors that contribute to
