Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 18 January 2021. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2020. This article was fi... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: For the world’s Indigenous peoples, climate change does not merely represent a hazard to health through more intense weather extremes, frequency of disasters,... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Urgent action is needed to address the national emergency of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody, with five such deaths recorded since June, acco... Read more
Without transparent data and compliance to rights-based policy, people in prison are in danger of being the forgotten and discarded when it comes to COVID-19. The article below, by Dr Tess R... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Around the world, COVID-19 has raised deep anxieties about the welfare of prisoners, but it is also leading to hope that emerging from the pandemic to a “new normal”... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: The Federal Government on Wednesday confirmed its support for a much-heralded United Nations treaty to prevent mistreatment in prisons, police cells and other secure... Read more