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Building a sustainable national Indigenous representative body : Issues for consideration

Authors: Calma, Tom, Dodson, Michael, Goodwin, Tim, Sullivan, Patrick, Veth, Peter, Weinman, Jo-Anne, Aggarwal, Alison, Cheatham, Kirsten, Chorn, Marissa, Dick, Darren, Kiss, Katie

Publishers: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Issues of Indigenous disadvantage and dysfunction are before our eyes more frequently and more prominently than ever before. Barely a day goes by without another chilling and heartbreaking story of […]

Ending family violence and abuse in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities : Key issues : An overview of research and findings by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 2001-2006

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Authors: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

Publishers: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Family violence and abuse is causing untold damage to the cultures and fabric of Indigenous societies. Like all Australians, Indigenous peoples are entitled to live their lives in safety and […]

Indigenous young people with cognitive disabilities and Australian juvenile justice systems : A report

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Authors: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Publishers: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

This report has been prepared as a result of the findings of a discussion paper, ‘Criminal justice and Indigenous people with cognitive disabilities’, developed in 2004 for the Aboriginal and […]

Track the history : The history of the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families

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Authors: Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Publishers: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

This timeline details the history of forcible removal of Indigenous children from their families. Information is primarily taken from the findings of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal […]

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The Indigenous justice clearinghouse is a collaboration between the Australian Institute of Criminology, the National Indigenous Australians Agency, the Australian States and Territories and New Zealand.

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