MEDIA RELEASE: Prime Minister refuses to meet with Aboriginal delegation to receive open letter on youth justice crisis

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) calls on the Prime Minister to fulfil his moral responsibility to keep communities across Australia safe by putting an end to the mass incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The Prime Minister has refused to show any leadership amidst the country’s youth justice crisis, even when more children … Read More

MEDIA RELEASE: PM ignores human rights obligations

Last week the Federal Government responded to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR), where the international community evaluates human rights records and provides recommendations for how to improve. Of the 322 recommendations to improve its human rights standing, the Federal Government only accepted 128 recommendations.

MEDIA RELEASE: NT child protection reforms will harm children, not protect them

The Northern Territory’s proposed child protection reforms will harm children and families. NATSILS stands with NAAJA, the NT Children’s Commissioner, the National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, and other Aboriginal community-controlled organisations and community leaders in calling for the Care and Protection of Children Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 to be scrapped.