14 July 2020 By Shaye Windsor, Volunteer Journalist Last weekend Black Lives Matter demonstrations continued across Australia with one clear message – the fight for justice is only just getting started. In Brisbane the Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance appealed for national drive to continue. Brisbane’s* event came after protesters marched in Kempsey, the hometown of Dunghutti man David Dungay …

Kate McDonald9 July 2020 Last week, Australia’s Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton, narrowly avoided potential arrest and prison time for contempt of court by eventually making a decision on a protection visa, as the court had directed him to. The Federal Court ordered that Dutton make a decision on whether to grant a man from Iran a protection visa.  Dutton …

The National Justice Project’s George Newhouse discusses the real story behind the Netflix series Stateless in HITV. He told reporter Christopher Weston that he felt Rau “was the “trojan horse which exposed the cruelty and inhumanity of the immigration detention system”. Read the full article here.

The Brag magazine has featured the National Justice Project in its list of educational documents, donation links and organisations dedicated to seeking justice and supporting First Nations people. Read the article here.

The father of an Indigenous teenager who had his legs kicked out from beneath him while being arrested in Sydney is waiting for the police officer to be punished. Footage of the 16-year-old boy’s scuffle with police was shared via social media last month after he was arrested at Ward Park in Surry Hills. The teenager had allegedly told a …

CN: Police brutality, racism.Shaye WindsorVolunteer Journalist2 July 2020 The outrage surrounding the deaths of unarmed Black people, like that of Minneapolis man George Floyd, has triggered worldwideaction. Huge numbers of people have been inspired to march across cities across the globe calling for justice for First Nations peoples and against police brutality. In Australia, the huge rallies have a keen …

The Guardian’s Lorena Allam discusses growing calls by legal experts to address the use of excessive force. “Calls for police reform are growing, particularly for the independent investigation of police conduct, following three incidents in a month where police were filmed using allegedly excessive force to detain and arrest young Indigenous men. All three cases – two in Sydney and …

Time Magazine’s Amy Gunia reports on the impact of George Floyd on awareness of Aboriginal deaths in custody. Read the full report here https://time.com/5853380/george-floyd-australia-aboriginal-deaths/