Luke Michael, Tuesday, 19th May 2020 - But Indigenous children are still 16 times more likely than non-Indigenous children to be under supervisionThe rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children under youth…
Luke Michael, Monday, 26th August 2019 - Dismantling medical evacuation laws for asylum seekers and refugees may lead to more people dying needlessly on Manus Island and Nauru, a Senate inquiry has heard. Community groups…
Luke Michael, Friday, 16th August 2019 - The Northern Territory government’s decision to build a new youth detention centre beside an adult prison has angered Indigenous groups, who say the move ignores a key royal commission…
Luke Michael, Wednesday, 28th March 2018 - Indigenous community groups have called on the Australian government to follow the “clear roadmap for change” presented by a new government-commissioned report, which examined…
Luke Michael, Wednesday, 31st January 2018 - A not-for-profit peak body and the Law Council of Australia have called for charities to be exempt from a proposed Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme, with fears the legislation…
Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 15th November 2017 - The Australian Parliament must move swiftly to introduce legislation that legalises marriage equality while preserving important anti-discrimination protections for LGBTI…
Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 1st November 2017 -
The Law Council of Australia has expressed “profound disappointment” at the federal government’s decision to reject the recommendation for a referendum into the creation of a representative…
Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 16th August 2017 -
The Coalition government is proposing legislation that will make it a requirement for large businesses to report annually on their actions to address modern slavery.
The move follows…
Lina Caneva, Monday, 24th April 2017 - The federal government is to reverse its controversial funding cuts to Community Legal Centres (CLCs) in the upcoming budget – a move the community legal sector has described as a …
Lina Caneva, Friday, 10th February 2017 -
The not-for-profit sector has welcomed the federal government’s move to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) describing the move as a positive…
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 8th November 2016 -
The lawyer representing Dylan Voller and Jake Roper in their high-profile civil suit against the Northern Territory’s corrective services is among five finalists in the legal category…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 27th October 2016 -
The federal government has asked the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) to inquire into what has been described as “the catastrophic” levels of Indigenous incarceration in…