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A structure of impunity

The PM attended the Queen's funeral and the UN's General Assembly in a week. Aaron Smale asks if her Government's behaviour…

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'World-class' new Darwin Youth Justice Centre's location next to Holtze prison sparks alarm from co-commissioner Mick Gooda

The NT government says a new facility set to replace Don Dale will take a different approach to youth justice.…

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New Zealand child abuse survivors call for intervention from Pope Francis

A New Zealand group representing survivors of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has called on Pope Francis to…

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Crown Law blocks the police in rare, costly legal standoff

Exclusive: Did the Government’s legal agency withhold evidence of the rape, torture and abuse of children from police investigations? Aaron…

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Boarding house like prison, inquiry hears

The disability royal commission has been told about life in a Sydney boarding house where a woman with disability was…

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A royal commission is set to review Robodebt. Its legacy is still hanging over Centrelink recipients today

A royal commission into Robodebt has been confirmed. While there's hope justice could be around the corner, scars remain for…

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Hughes grilled over investigators, legal tactics

Head of the public service says agencies will own, fix and learn from failures

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Royal commission must go deep into the who, how and why of the brutal robodebt

There’s a long list of former ministers who need to be made to answer for their actions, and an even…

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PM launches Royal Commission into ‘cruel’ robodebt scheme

The Albanese government has established a Royal Commission into the robotdebt scandal, announcing Thursday the inquiry will have ranging terms…

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Officials' finger pointing over abuse scandals

Comment: Today the country's top public servant fronts up at the Royal Commission into abuse in state care. Aaron Smale…

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Royal Commission finds high number went from welfare to prison

The Royal Commission on Abuse in Care has confirmed what many have always known - many of those who went…

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FOI documents show the NT is breaching its own independent monitoring policy at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre

Freedom of Information documents reveal the NT government is failing to adhere to its own independent monitoring policy at a…

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Royal Commission at critical juncture

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care's vision for redress must not be lost in the slow-moving wheels…

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After decades of abuse, insensitive officials anger survivors

Pressure builds ahead of the country’s top public servant appearing at hearings this week

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Shocking new allegations against former dean Graeme Lawrence as Anglicans examine Adamstown priest

Shocking underbelly of Newcastle Anglicans revealed in sensational church determination

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Our terrifying ‘treatment’ of mental illness

As state agencies front a Royal Commission, David Williams reviews the country’s history of treating mental illness with shocks, drugs…

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Diagnosed with PTSD and depression, ex-serviceman William considers himself one of the 'lucky' ones

William McCann did not think he would get to see his newborn son and had suicidal ideations after his time…

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Royal commission hears former soldier Gavin Tunstall loved army life until he saw children dead in Afghanistan

Gavin Tunstall threw himself into army life and loved every moment — but things started to fall apart after he…

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Aged care law first to pass new parliament

A bill responding to 17 recommendations of the aged care royal commission cleared federal parliament on Tuesday.

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The myth of adoption as a social good

Changes to the Adoption Act could leave 100,000 adults adopted during Aotearoa’s 'Baby Scoop Era' without the justice many seek,…

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Indigenous boy featured in NDIS promotional material placed in state care after funding cut

Disability royal commission begins hearings in Alice Springs focused on NDIS for First Nations people

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A statement designed to heal causes more hurt

A psychiatric body makes a belated and bungled apology over child torture in the 1970s

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Royal disability commission: hearing the Hunter stories that must be told

Royal Disability Commission Chair Ronald Sackville AO on the importance of hearing from people with disability

Newcastle Herald

Rima bint Bandar Highlights Saudi Arabia’s Efforts to Protect Arabian Leopard

Princess Rima bint Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi Ambassador to the United States and founding president of the Catmosphere organization, described…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Year-long delay on hate crime reform unexplained

The Royal Commission recommended hate crime laws be rewritten in December 2020 but it took officials more than a year…

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