Submission
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: Early Warning and Urgent Action submission
Across Australia, governments are incarcerating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children at disproportionately high rates compared to non-Indigenous children. This racial discrimination complaint, made to the United Nations, highlights Australia's' discriminatory youth justice systems and how they seriously violate the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Research Summary
Wellbeing of children and young people who offend
This report summarises previously published insights from the Social Wellbeing Agency’s work assisting the New Zealand Government's response to youth crime. The report looks at wellbeing factors that are highly correlated to offending behaviour in young people and outlines ways that policymakers can reduce crime by targeting better support to young people and their families.
Discussion paper
Constitutional enshrinement of a First Nations Voice: the referendum question
This paper considers the legal and constitutional requirements for setting the referendum question on whether to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution through an enshrined First Nations voice.
Discussion paper
Constitutional enshrinement of a First Nations Voice: the constitutional amendment
This paper address issues that must be resolved prior to settling the constitutional amendment to be put to voters at a referendum on whether to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution through an enshrined First Nations voice.
Discussion paper
Constitutional enshrinement of a First Nations voice: finalisation of the voice design
This issues paper considers the question of how and when to finalise the design of the model of a First Nations voice to the Australian Parliament.