National Justice Project Founder George Newhouse’s latest opinion piece for Living Black. Australia is not one country. It’s two. We are split along racial lines as surely as South Africa was during the era of apartheid. It may sound like hyperbole but it is a fact. In 2018, an Australia-first report card on levels of institutional racism in Queensland’s health …
Law reforms to protect victims of gender-based violence
The National Justice Project has been working with Kearah Ronan to push for law reform to stop victims of gender based violence being wrongly arrested. Congratulations to Kearah for her bravery in speaking out and to the AG for taking action.
NJP an ALA Award finalist
We’re excited to announce that the NJP has just been announced as a finalist in the Australian Law Awards for Pro Bono Program of the Year. Now in its 20th year, the Australian Law Awards, run in partnership with Principal Partner UNSW Law, bestows the industry’s most prestigious accolades recognising excellence across the entire legal industry. The awards celebrate the …
Second Indigenous death in custody in July
A 19-year-old man is the second Indigenous death in custody in a month at Western Australia’s Acacia prison. He died in hospital on Monday after being found unresponsive in his unit at the privately-run prison on Saturday. Read the full SBS report on NITV here.
Black Lives Matter Protests Continue Around Australia
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 …
Peter Dutton narrowly avoids potential arrest and prison time via 11th hour decision on protection visa
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 …
Cornelia Rau: The True Story Behind Netflix’s Stateless – Where is She Now?
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.
NJP features in a guide to supporting First Nations people in Australia
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.
Family await answers after teen’s arrest
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 …
Eddie Murray died in custody almost 40 years ago. The National Justice Project is working with his family to seek justice.
Kyah Patten is carrying on a fight her grandparents took up decades ago, seeking justice for the untimely death of their son Eddie Murray who died in custody almost 40 years ago. The National Justice Project is working with her to seek justice. Read the full SBS coverage here. Photo: Kylah Patten/SBS News.