Future of Queensland's truth-telling and treaty in doubt
In Queensland, the Truth Telling and Healing inquiry will be scrapped should the LNP wins the state election. The LNP originally supported the Path to Treaty Act but backed away citing the failure of the Voice Referendum last year. In it's election pitch to Queenslanders, the LNP says its too …
Calls for systemic change one year on from the voice referendum
This week Indigenous leaders have been reflecting on the past 12 months following the one year anniversary of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum. Speaking to NIRS the Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy says it's time to focus on Closing the Gap and for the…
New data shows Indigenous Victorians are 11 times more likely to be searched by police
The Centre against Racial Profiling has found that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are 11 times more likely to be searched by Victorian Police than non Indigenous people. The Centre's Dr Tamar Hopkins has told NIRS the situation is stark. Other Highlights: Queensland's Truth Telling and…
Game changing National Commission for Indigenous young people established
The national peak organisation for Indigenous children has welcomed the establishment of the National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young people. The CEO of the Secretariat for National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care, Catherine Liddle has told NIRS News it w…
160 years of failure: Queensland's Truth-Telling Inquiry Continues
The Head of Queensland's Truth Telling and Healing Inquiry says this week's hearings have uncovered "160 years of failure" from the state's government departments. This week the Inquiry has heard from the Queensland Police Service, the health department and the Department of Treaty, Aboriginal a…
Queensland's Truth-Telling inquiry begins hearings amid concerns of cancellation
This week was the first week of hearings for Queensland's Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry. The three year inquiry is set to investigate how colonialism has impacted the state's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. However, Queensland's opposition party says it will disband the inquiry…
The Minister for Indigenous Australians says the Government is focusing on Closing the Gap
Minister for Indigenous Australians Senator Malarndirri McCarthy says despite the setbacks of the Voice referendum, the government is still committed to Truth and Treaty processes. The Yanyuwa Garrawa Senator from Borroloola in the Gulf of Carpentaria is urging First Nations people to take part in…
Hundreds of millions of dollars unlocked in the NT for Aboriginal development
More than $650 million dollars of government-controlled money has been unlocked to drive Aboriginal development across the Northern Territory. Until now, it had been locked up in the government controlled Aboriginal Benefits Account. Aboriginal Investment NT has developed a five-year plan to suppo…
Voters back CLP in NT elections with new Chief Minister promising tough on crime stance
Fresh from defeating Labor in the NT election, the Country Liberal Party vows to get tough on crime. New Chief Minister, Lia Finocchiaro, plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 10, increase funding to police and is considering the re-introduction of the use of spit hoods in youth det…
Youth justice report calls for greater support for Indigenous self-determination
This week, National Children's Commissioner Anne Hollonds released a report calling for wide ranging changes to the country's youth justice system. Among the Help Way Earlier Report's 24 recommendations the assessment also supports the Federal Government to legislating the United Nation's Declar…