The West Australian has published an extensive piece by Tim Clarke on the horrific abduction and murder of Charlie Mullaley.
Mona and Cindy: 32 years a lonely road to justice for Bourke teens
Senior writer for The Australian Rosemary Neill’s extensive report on the horrific death of two Bourke, NSW teenagers, includes the National Project’s involvement in the case. Thirty two years after a man accused of killing two Aboriginal girls – and molesting the critically injured younger child – walked free from a court in Bourke, NSW, the grieving families’ long-held wish …
Family of Dougie Hampson call on NSW Attorney-General to demand inquest
The family of Kamilaroi/Dunghutti man Dougie Hampson, who died of perforated ulcers after sent home from hospital in 2021, need your help demanding an inquest. Sign the petition here.
Announcing the winners of the 2022 Naomi Williams Wiradjuri Poetry Prize
In NAIDOC Week, we announce the three young writers of the 2022 Naomi Williams Wiradjuri Poetry Prize and celebrate their poems on Respect, Recognition and Reconciliation.
Could Australia’s courts go the way of the US Supreme Court?
NJP’s Principal Solicitor George Newhouse and ANU political scientist and research fellow Dr Patrick Leslie discuss Roe Vs Wade with ABC Life Matter’s Hilary Harper. The overturning of Roe V Wade has raised questions about the ideological bias in the SCOTUS. Good thing that could never happen in Australia’s High Court, right? We look at how ideology influences High Court …
WA government apologises for police treatment of murdered baby’s family
State attorney general John Quigley says ‘I am truly sorry’ over murder of baby Charlie, who was killed after police left him at crime scene. The Western Australian government has pardoned and apologised to the Yamatji family of a baby who was brutally murdered by Mervyn Bell after the baby’s mother was arrested by police who had been called to …
Mum and granddad of brutally murdered baby Charlie Mullaley get apology and pardon
The mother of a baby who was brutally murdered by her partner has received a pardon and apology for the way police treated her. Story by News.com.au reporter Angie Raphael. Read the full story here.
All Kids Off Nauru
Lawyers, doctors and caseworkers welcomed the news that all of the critically sick children detained by the Australian government on Nauru were now receiving the medical care they need in Australia and the remaining children would be resettled in the US.
Our CEO speaks out at the Kids off Nauru rally in Sydney
Our success in obtaining Federal Court orders for medical evacuations from Nauru is proof that strategic litigation and effective advocacy can make a real difference, even in a toxic political environment. We are swamped with medical emergencies. In the last 9 months we have had 116 people including 43 kids moved from Nauru to Australia for care and treatment. That …
The National Justice Project has been nominated for a Human Rights Award
The Human Rights Commission has announced that the National Justice Project is a finalist for their 2018 Human Rights Law awards. Judges for the 2018 Human Rights Awards have spent countless hours going through more than 370 nominations across the nine categories. Finalists for the remaining eight categories will be released over coming weeks. The Law Award finalists are; Tenancy …
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