News & UpdatesThe federal process to implement independent detention oversight under the UN’s OPCAT treaty has again failed. The UN’s SPT has suspended a visit to Australia – which aimed to provide…
Narisha Cash, a 41 year old Jingili Aboriginal woman, who the family have requested be referred to as Nish, died on 26 March 2020, after significant delays in the arrival…
The 2022 Victorian Election is an opportunity for all politicians and parties to commit to A Plan for Aboriginal Justice in Victoria. A plan that will give Aboriginal and/or Torres…
The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS), the Police Accountability Project and other community legal centres and Aboriginal organisations have called on Premier Daniel Andrews to overhaul the state’s failed police…
Date: Thursday 20 October, 2022 and Thursday 27 October 2022Time: 10am Info Session on 20th October (compulsory to attend), appointments to be booked for 20th to give instructions10am – 4.30pm…
I am deeply saddened by the reports of racism at Hawthorn Football Club. My heart goes out to the families in these stories. As an Aboriginal woman and the leader…
On Sunday 11 September 2022, Clinton Austin, a 38-year-old Gunditjmara and Wiradjuri man, passed away in custody at Loddon Prison in Victoria. Clinton’s death is currently being investigated by the…
The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) and the Amnesty International Australia Victorian Activism and Leadership Committee (Victorian ALC) are partnering in a campaign to “Raise the Age” of criminal responsibility…
2 September 2022 The Victorian Auditor-Generals Office published a report that found that Victoria Police received $2 billion for new staff, without producing a proper business case, and that it…
16 August 2022 Today a coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, legal, human rights and youth justice organizations will reiterate calls for the Victorian government to raise the age…