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An Anti-Racism Framework: Voices of First Nations Peoples

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Artwork courtesy of First Nations Co.

This report serves as a foundational document for the development of a National Anti-Racism Framework.

Drawing from extensive consultations with over 496 contributors from city, remote and rural backgrounds. These voices not only highlight the urgent need for action, but also serve as a clarion call for systemic solutions to eradicate racism. 

The First Nations consultations unveiled a complex and pervasive landscape of challenges faced by First Nations communities. 

NT Government urged not to lower age of criminal responsibility

The National Children’s Commissioner and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Commissioner have urged the Northern Territory Government to reverse its plan next week to introduce a new law to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 12 to ten years.

Informing The Agenda Consultations

Friday 11 October, 2024

Informing the Agenda Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioners Term 2024-2029

Katie Kiss commenced in the role as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on 3 April 2024. To ensure the voices of First Nations people across Australia help form the agenda for the term, the Commissioner is conducting a national listening tour to hear from First Nations people about:

NSW a step closer to truth telling

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss has welcomed the appointment of the NSW Treaty Commissioners announced today. 

 “These appointments are a milestone in the beginning of the truth and treaty process in NSW,” Commissioner Kiss said.  

“I congratulate the NSW Government in taking this crucial step and working with the community towards self-determination and healing.” 

Children's Commissioner welcomes Senate Inquiry into child justice

National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has welcomed the establishment of a Federal Senate Inquiry into Australia’s child justice system, saying it has come at a critical time to prevent further systemic failures harming children and young people.

Commissioners welcome ongoing investment to end gendered violence

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Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and National Children’s Commissioner welcome the National Cabinet’s funding announcement to end gendered violence in Australia this morning.

First Nations women let down by native title system

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A new report on Australia’s native title system centres the voices of First Nations women to call for significant reform.

For the first time since the introduction of the Native Title Act 30 years ago, the experiences of First Nations women have been elevated to show how the system is failing to deliver land justice effectively.

“The native title system we have today is not what we had all hoped it would be,” Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss said.

Women in Native Title: Native Title Report 2024 Community Guide

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This is a Community Guide to the Women in Native Title: Native Title Report 2024. 

It provides a quick and easy way to understand the full report and its purpose. 

The report is an account of the experiences, perspectives, aspirations and solutions of First Nations women within the native title system.

It takes a person-centred approach, highlighting how native title and related systems impact individuals and communities on a day-to-day basis.

Women in Native Title: Native Title Report 2024

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This report is an account of the experiences, perspectives, aspirations and solutions of First Nations women within the native title system.

It takes a person-centred approach, highlighting how native title and related systems impact individuals and communities on a day-to-day basis.

It calls for significant reform of the native title system to deliver land justice and fulfil human rights such as self-determination, participation, culture,  and non-discrimination.

States must follow through on our obligations to international treaties in prisons

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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and the National Children’s Commissioner today criticised the failure of leadership by the Commonwealth, states and territories to incorporate human rights standards into domestic law.