Police have become the default frontline response to Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disabilities. In the absence of culturally responsive and therapeutic community-based support, regular ...

Australia imprisons thousands of Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disability from disadvantaged backgrounds. Our research illustrates the huge cost of this practice – in both human and ...

Aboriginal women only make up between 2% and 3% of the Australian female population. But the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women entering prison has soared from 21% of all women ...

I was interviewing prisoners in a male prison in Western Australia, on a sweltering afternoon, when Coen (not his real name) walked in, in his faded green prison uniform. For the first five minutes ...

A new study has found First Nations people with disability are spending extended periods in custody, and some fail to receive appropriate healthcare. The researchers conducted interviews with people ...

Click here to download an Easy-to-Read version of the report Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this report contains images and names of people who have passed away. In ...

Please join us for “Reclaiming Knowledge: Indigenous Disability, Language, Education, and the Politics of Research,” a ...

SYDNEY, 23 May 2018 /PRNewswire Policy/ -- Aboriginal businesses operating in the disability services sector have a chance to apply for their share in a new $4.5 million NSW Government program which ...

The ACT Human Rights Commission is dealing with a rise in complaints, with more than 2,000 lodged last financial year.

In an office in the industrial area of Alice Springs, Teresa Johnston is sorting mail into pigeonholes representing 18 different Aboriginal town camps. Every Tuesday and Thursday, she goes to the post ...