WELCOME TO THE INDIGENOUS JUSTICE CLEARINGHOUSE Welcome to the Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse, a national resource on Indigenous justice. The IJC acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their […]
The high rate of Indigenous incarceration is a problem for public policy and therefore for historical and social analysis. This paper compares and contrasts two recent attempts at such analysis: […]
Resources Feb,2015
The Australian Government has funded Indigenous-specific legal assistance services since 1971. State and territory governments are responsible for the operation, and funding, of the law and justice sector in their […]
The Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland (the Taskforce) was established in 2014 to define the domestic and family violence landscape in Queensland, and make recommendations to […]
The Closing the Gap Steering Committee, which includes the Human Rights Commission and Oxfam, produces an annual ‘shadow’ report representing its assessment of Australia?s and the Federal Government?s progress against […]
Resources Feb,2015
As part of the inquiry conducted by the Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland which was established in 2014, focus groups were undertaken to better understand community […]
Resources Feb,2015
This report examines a range of NSW Government programs aimed at reducing adult reoffending, including programs specifically targeting Aboriginal offenders. These include court-based interventions, alternative custodial sentencing options, prison and […]
This report documents the activities and findings of activities to mark the 40th anniversary of Australia’s Racial Discrimination Act. The main findings of this report relate to public consultations which […]
This is a recent evaluation of a program that provided legal assistance to Aboriginal women leaving custody to obtain housing in NSW. The report identifies the importance of housing to […]