This comment sets out the specific areas of conflict between mandatory sentencing and key human rights standards and provides a summary of criticism of mandatory sentencing by key United Nations […]

This government document sets out the Queensland Government’s response to the Cape York Justice Study (2001) by Justice Fitzgerald, which found serious problems relating to alcohol and violence in Cape […]

The purpose of this discussion paper is to provide the foundation for community negotiations on the development of an Aboriginal Justice Plan for New South Wales. The discussion paper follows […]

This report describes the process and findings of the review of progress of the agreement between the Commonwealth and Northern Territory Governments to establish a pre-court juvenile diversion scheme and […]

This issues paper discusses the dominant ways in which the causes of domestic violence are understood and the types of intervention with perpetrators that flow from these perspectives. The paper […]

This paper is based on the observation that when an Aboriginal person speaks some English, lawyers often overestimate their capacity to be fairly interviewed in English. The paper explores the […]

As part of a two phase project commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs, this report identifies alcohol and other drug intervention projects conducted by or for Indigenous Australians […]

In Smith v The Queen, the High Court ruled that identification evidence based on police inspection of a bank security camera photograph of a hooded, apparently Aboriginal bank robber, was […]

The Committee was required to inquire into the factors contributing to the inhalation of volatile substances; the adequacy of existing strategies for dealing with this; best practice strategies to address […]

This chapter provides an overview of issues facing Indigenous women in corrections. It presents a statistical overview of incarceration and recidivism rates for Indigenous women on a national and state […]