Media Releases
06/06/2025
NATSILS MEDIA RELEASE: Immediate action and independent investigation required following NT death in custody
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) is supporting the call by family and community for an independent investigation into the death of Kumanjayi White in Northern Territory Police custody last week.
31/03/2025
NATSILS MEDIA RELEASE: National trend of policies to lock up kids will destroy lives and increase crime
A frightening national trend of governments deciding to lock up children will destroy lives and make communities more dangerous.
27/03/2025
NATSILS MEDIA RELEASE: Federal Budget ignores repeated, urgent calls for critical funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
The 2025-26 Federal Budget ignores repeated, urgent calls for critical funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, undermining access to justice and perpetuating inequality.
16/12/2024
NATSILS MEDIA RELEASE: Australian children under threat as dangerous laws pass in Queensland
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services have condemned the passage of Queensland’s ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws, which will backfire and make communities more dangerous.
02/12/2024
NATSILS MEDIA RELEASE: New Queensland laws guarantee permanent harm to our children and more dangerous communities
The dangerous laws introduced in Queensland Parliament last week ignore all evidence about what works to make communities safer and reduce crime.
18/10/2024
NATSILS MEDIA RELEASE: “Jail has never once helped a child”: Day of sadness as NT pushes ahead with attack on vulnerable children
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) says the passage of new laws lowering the age of legal responsibility will increase crime and cause permanent harm to vulnerable children.
10/09/2024
NATSILS MEDIA RELEASE: Aboriginal Legal Services warn against national ‘child jail crisis’
NATSILS is bracing for a dramatic increase in child incarceration around the nation, as multiple governments shift back to failed, punitive policies and abandon commitments under Closing the Gap.
06/09/2024
NATSILS MEDIA RELEASE: Insufficient funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services will fail to close gap between need and help available
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) says the funding announced for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services today means no new services or representation will be possible.
04/09/2024
NATSILS MEDIA RELEASE: Legal experts warn new NT Government’s punitive agenda will backfire and increase crime
The peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services has congratulated the incoming Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro for the Country Liberal Party’s clear victory, but warned that she is already on a path to make crime worse in the Northern Territory.
25/07/2024
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: Condemning the state sanctioned abuse and mass incarceration of First Nations children with disability
In the wake of horrific footage emerging of guards in an adult watch house in QLD violently forcing an Aboriginal child with disability into solitary confinement, The First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN), NATSILS (including QLD ATSILS) and SNAICC call for the end of solitary confinement and the over-incarceration of Aboriginal kids with disability.
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