The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (also known as LSIC and Footprints in Time) study collects important information about the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, covering areas […]

From May to September 2009, the Australian Government conducted extensive consultations with Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory about future directions for the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER). In its […]

In July 2007, the Chief Justice announced the formation of a taskforce to deal with the rapid number of charges of sexual assault in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. […]

On 27 September 2007, the Director of Liquor Licensing released his decision on restricting the sale of packaged liquor in Fitzroy Crossing. Following an initial six-month trial period, the restriction […]

This report deals with the small proportion of family violence incidents that become visible to the family law system. The study began following the 2006 reforms to the Family Law […]

The project was undertaken to examine the experiences of racism for young people of mainstream, Indigenous, migrant and refugee backgrounds; investigate their responses to racism; and explore the attitudes of […]

This report presents the first qualitative study of how Indigenous offenders view the court process and the role of Indigenous Elders, with reference to the Nowra Circle Court in New […]

Past studies have found that young people in detention centres are particularly vulnerable to mistreatment in the absence of independent monitoring and advocacy mechanisms. As a monitoring mechanism the Commission […]

Having completed his tour of Australian in August 2009, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous peoples has submitted his preliminary findings to the […]

This report provides background notes for two workshops associated with the 2009 Community safety and indigenous peoples conference in Ottawa. Topics for the first workshop, on the main trends and […]