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2024 October


In failing to probe Robodebt, Australiaā€™s anti-corruption body fell at the first hurdle. It now has a second chance

In failing to probe Robodebt, Australiaā€™s anti-corruption body fell at the first hurdle. It now has a second chance

In South Australia, a 2021 law strippedthe stateā€™s intergrity body of the power to investigate ā€œmaladministrationā€ and ā€œmisconductā€ in public administration and confined its scope to criminal activity.


Wrongly convicted of a crime? Your ability to clear your name can come down to your postcode

Wrongly convicted of a crime? Your ability to clear your name can come down to your postcode

Kylie Lingard does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.


What Are Our Indigenous Youth Fellows Up To?

What Are Our Indigenous Youth Fellows Up To?

The aim was to promote the production of biomass-based briquettes, offering a sustainable alternative to charcoal and thus reducing pressure on local forests while empowering Indigenous women and youth in the fields of entrepreneurship and climate justice.


We tried a different preschool curriculum to prevent youth crime. Checking in 20 years later, it worked

We tried a different preschool curriculum to prevent youth crime. Checking in 20 years later, it worked

Overwhelmingly, efforts across the country are devoted to early intervention with children identified as ā€œat riskā€ in some way (such as showing disruptive behaviour), or to the treatment of young people who become enmeshed in the youth justice system.


Stop Ambler Road: The River Is Our Bread and Butter

Stop Ambler Road: The River Is Our Bread and Butter

With assistance from the Keepers of the Earth Fund, the Council traveled to Juneau, AK and Washington, D.C. to meet with state and federal legislators, as well as other agencies responsible for the proposed Ambler Access Project to apprise them of how the road and mining activities would adversely impact their Tribal lands, life ways, and culture.


Indigenous Peoples Reach Unanimous Agreement on Defining the Just Transition and Provide Principles and Protocols to Eliminate Harm from Renewable Energy and ā€˜Greenā€™ Development

Indigenous Peoples Reach Unanimous Agreement on Defining the Just Transition and Provide Principles and Protocols to Eliminate Harm from Renewable Energy and ā€˜Greenā€™ Development

To implement these principles, Indigenous leaders at the Summit have committed to initiating processes for their Peoples to safeguard what they ā€œdetermine to be critical for their survival and well-being that is rooted in their worldviews and values,ā€ and ā€œdisseminate, promote, and defend these principles and protocolsā€, as well as ā€œuse them in their education, trainings, and advocacy efforts.ā€ They will also continue to ā€œengage and challenge regulations, standards, laws, policies, and actions that ignore their Free, Prior, and Informed Consentā€, stand in solidarity with one another to oppose the imposition of ā€œgreen energyā€ projects impacting their lands, call for ā€œimplementation of an ecosystem approach,ā€ and ā€œdemand that Indigenous, human, environmental, and lands rights defenders be protected.ā€


Puriyninchik Publishing House Is Making Books Accessible in Quechua

Puriyninchik Publishing House Is Making Books Accessible in Quechua

Montesā€™ father, a carpenter, designed the altarpiece so that it closes on itself like a suitcase and thus serves both to protect the books during transport and to attract attention and connect with the local Quechua identity.


Indigenous Peoples Principles and Protocols for Just Transition

Indigenous Peoples Principles and Protocols for Just Transition

Decolonization: For Indigenous Peoples, a just transition rejects the Doctrine of Discovery and the continued imposition of colonial and extractive resource exploitation, false solutions, military occupation, and activities that threaten our mental, spiritual, reproductive, intergenerational, and physical health, biodiversity, natural ecosystems, cultures, values, and plant and animal relatives.


IIFB Opening Statement at COP16

IIFB Opening Statement at COP16

Indigenous Peoples and local communities must be included as equal partners in developing a governance structure Sixteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties 21 October to 1 November 2024, Cali, Colombia that will ensure an inclusive and equitable mechanism directing funds and enhances our collective biodiversity actions.


Qhana Pukara Kurmi, Cultural Survival, and Earthworks Support the Rejection of a Sham Consultation by Mining Companies from the Totoral Chico Community in Ayllu Acre Antequera, Bolivia

Qhana Pukara Kurmi, Cultural Survival, and Earthworks Support the Rejection of a Sham Consultation by Mining Companies from the Totoral Chico Community in Ayllu Acre Antequera, Bolivia

As a result of mining exploitation, these companies have caused environmental disasters that accelerate the disappearance and contamination of scarce water sources and soils, including the clearing of the sacred Orqu Chualla hill, and seriously affecting the livelihoods and subsistence of the communities.


Is it possible to have a fair jury trial anymore?

Is it possible to have a fair jury trial anymore?

For its legitimacy, the criminal trial traditionally relies on open justice, independent prosecutors and the lay jury (the ā€œblack boxā€), all overseen by the impartial umpire, the judge, and backed up by the appeal system.


How can Australia make housing affordable for essential workers? Here are 4 key lessons from overseas

How can Australia make housing affordable for essential workers? Here are 4 key lessons from overseas

Nicky Morrison does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.