For years, we’ve been fighting the Australian Government in court to hold it to account for the harm our refugee clients have suffered from in offshore processing – and we’ve reached an important milestone.
NJP principal solicitor George Newhouse discusses the US Supreme Court’s Roe v Wade decision in The Conversation
Has US-style politicisation of the courts come to Australia? In the landmark 1973 decision of Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court held that the right to privacy provided by the 14th amendment to the US Constitution protects a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. Last month, a leaked draft of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization revealed that a majority of the Supreme Court is …
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 …
Apology and pardons in WA baby death case
Family lawyer and National Justice Project principal solicitor George Newhouse discusses ongoing actions to hold the police accountable in relation to the baby Charlie case. Report published in the Riverine Herald. A grieving Aboriginal mother who was brutally assaulted by her former partner – who then kidnapped and murdered her baby boy – has finally received an apology and pardon …
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.
Tamica Mullaley pardoned over conviction for police assault on night baby Charlie abducted
ABC News reports on the pardoning of Tamica Mullaley. Warning: This story contains images and names of Indigenous people who have died. A woman whose baby was abducted and brutally murdered by her ex-partner after he bashed her and left her naked and bleeding in a Broome street has received an apology and pardon from the WA government. Key points: …
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Coroner delivers critical findings over death of Ms Wynne
While the WA Coroner’s findings are critical of WA Police and the WA Health Service, the investigation falls short of delivering justice to Ms Wynne’s family and creating critical change in how police respond to mental health crises.