Across Australia, children as young as ten can be arrested, charged and detained under criminal law. This approach continues to disproportionately affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. This position paper argues that raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility is a necessary shift toward justice systems that respect community-led ways of caring for children.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led reform is not a supplementary consideration in mental health and suicide prevention, it is foundational. This position paper highlights a pattern of inadequate action and unfulfilled promises, calling for immediate funding and full implementation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led strategies and frameworks, backed by binding accountability mechanisms, to end...

A 10-year roadmap to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership, cultural strength and best practices into Australia’s mental health system. The plan provides a strategic approach to achieving the highest standard of social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and suicide prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, focusing on five key themes.

The strategy sets out a vision for a future where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people enjoy high levels of social and emotional well-being and have access to culturally safe and responsive mental health services. The strategy identifies six priorities to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and support their leadership in suicide prevention.

Integrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values-based social and emotional wellbeing measures within clinical assessments is crucial for developing and evaluating effective, culturally safe mental health and suicide prevention services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This paper presents values-based measures recommended to be led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and implemented...