In the wake of the WA police’s use of lethal force against 29-year-old Aboriginal mother Joyce Clarke on 17 September 2019, NJP Director George Newhouse travelled to WA for a press conference on 2 October 2019 to highlight questions raised about the police conduct which led to Ms Clarke’s death, and the ongoing issue of Aboriginal people and in particular, Aboriginal women, …
Peter Dutton Wastes Tax Payer Money on Spiteful Appeal to High Court
The National Justice Project today condemned Peter Dutton for wasting tax payer money on yet another lawyers’ picnic by launching a spiteful appeal to the High Court to try to stop sick refugees and asylum seekers from getting urgent medical care. At the end of August, the Commonwealth government was slapped down for dragging sick refugees and asylum seekers through …
The National Justice Project continues the fight for justice for the Mullaley Family in WA police matter
The National Justice Project is progressing proceedings against the WA police on behalf of the Mullaley family, who tragically lost their infant son, baby Charlie, in a heartbreaking case of police discrimination. In March 2013 Tamica Mullaley, the 28-year-old mother of baby Charlie, ”had been punched repeatedly, stripped naked and left by the side of the road in the West …
WA Police left a Baby at the Scene of a Brutal Domestic Violence Attack
How a domestic violence call to police led to the arrest of the victim, her father, and the death of Baby Charlie When Police responded to a call out about a domestic violence incident involving Tamica Mullaley – they found her beaten, bloody and naked except for a sheet that a bystander had given her. The Police knew the identity …
Families seek closure in case of man who molested dying girl
The NJP is assisting the families of two Aboriginal girls from Bourke who have waited over 30 years for closure after the murder of the girls 3 decades ago. The girls’ families understandably struggle to comprehend why the deaths of the two girls and the molestation of one of them have as yet gone unpunished. The National Justice Project is …
NJP Board Director Lizzie O’Shea named an AccessNow 2019 Human Rights Hero
The National Justice Project would like to congratulate one of our Board Directors Lizzie O’Shea on being named an AccessNow 2019 Human Rights Hero. Lizzie is being recognised for leading work to highlight, analyse and protest expansive surveillance laws in Australia. Aside from sitting on the Board of Directors of the National Justice Project, Lizzie is an Australian human rights …
George Newhouse speaks on Manus asylum seekers treated at local hospital despite million dollar health contract
The Australian Government pays millions of dollars to a medical care contractor to treat asylum seekers on Manus Island, only for that contractor to keep referring detainees to the ill-equipped local hospital. In this article, NJP Executive Director George Newhouse, spoke to SBS News about this crisis in the provision of adequate care on Manus Island, noting that the contracted …
National Justice Project initiates petition addressing AFP raids on ABC and Annika Smethurst
The National Justice Project this week started a petition calling for legislative change and immediate action to protect journalists and whistle-blowers following the AFP raids on ABC and Annika Smethurst. Last week the ABC headquarters and the home of journalist Annika Smethurst were raided by the AFP, after they, some time ago, published well-researched and vetted news stories blowing the …
Inquest Findings into the death of Mr Jackamarra released; WA government moving to make improvements to facilities
The inquest findings into the tragic death of Mr Jackamarra in Broome Regional Prison in 2015 were released last week, and in their wake the WA government has claimed it is moving to improve the conditions at the prison in which Mr Jackamarra passed away. National Justice Project Senior Solicitor Emma Hearne represented Mr Jackamarra’s family at the inquest in WA and spoke to ABC …
The NJP is acting for Kearah Ronan – a pregnant Yamatji woman who was jailed for being too sick to go to Court
The National Justice Project is acting for Kearah Ronan, a young Aboriginal woman who was locked up, at 6 months pregnant, for “failing to obey a witness summons”. She had informed the Court Registry that she was too sick to attend and had offered a medical certificate. The summons was for a domestic violence matter – in which she was …