Today Western Australia’s Independent Inspector of Custodial Services released an alarming report on the use of routine restraints, such as handcuffs and leg shackles, on people in custody including pregnant women.

As the Federal Government faces further protests outside a makeshift detention centre in Brisbane, the Human Rights Law Centre has called for the Morrison Government to bring an end to its needless punitive detention of refugees.

The Australian Government should support an urgent resolution in the UN Human Rights Council for an independent investigation into systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protest in the US, say Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and human rights organisations.

The Palaszczuk Government is today expected to pass laws to limit political donations and spending in Queensland elections, with new amendments in place to ensure charities will still be able to advocate on issues like family violence, homelessness and protecting the environment.

Today seven legal and human rights groups condemned the approach of many Australian governments to recent Black Lives Matter and refugee rights protests, stating it is inconsistent with our democratic rights and freedoms.

WA police will no longer have the power to lock up people who cannot pay their fines with the passing of the Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Amendment Bill 2019.

New laws that would see mobile phones stripped from refugees and people seeking asylum in immigration detention and massively expand invasive search procedures are an unjustified overreach of power, the Human Rights Law Centre has told a Senate Committee.

Today Aboriginal and non-Indigenous legal, health and social justice organisations responded to Government claims that they were working on “ambitious” targets; and called for real and decisive action to end Blak deaths in custody.

The rise in racially motivated incidents targeting people from Asian backgrounds during the COVID-19 pandemic reinforces the need for the Andrew’s Government to fix Victoria’s anti-hate laws, a Parliamentary committee will be told today.

The Human Rights Law Centre is united in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations who have long been fighting for an end to police brutality and mass imprisonment, and accountability for deaths in custody.

The safety and dignity of women seeking reproductive health services is a step closer to being protected in South Australia.

Change the Record, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services and the Human Rights Law Centre have welcomed today’s High Court decision confirming that the use of tear gas on children in Don Dale in 2014 was unlawful.