Indigenous Australians

COVID-19 has caused widespread uncertainty and people are rightly looking to our public institutions for consistency and confidence. Our criminal justice system is under scrutiny as we interrogate the ways it often lets down the most vulnerable, including our First Nations people. The Black Lives Matter movement calls out the unforgivable racism in our criminal justice system—racism that cannot be denied and that demands urgent action.

National Reconciliation Week shines a light on the persistent gap between Indigenous Australians and non-indigenous Australians and is a call to action for all Australians to continue the important work of reconciliation.

Labor has called on the Berejiklian Government to stop cuts to AbSec, the peak Aboriginal run organisation working to improve the care, support and diversion of Aboriginal children from the out of home care system.

Cheree Toka is a proud Kamilaroi woman and activist who has campaigned for years to have the Aboriginal flag flown permanently on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

A question to the Government regarding the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

 A question to the Premier representing the Special Minister of State, Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts, Vice-President of the Executive Council.

NSW Labor Leader, Michael Daley and Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, David Harris, have today announced Labor’s policies to better support Aboriginal communities across NSW.

Labor calls for release of draft Rafter Report into juvenile justice over nine months after it was handed to Minister Elliott. 

A question on the State Government's response to the Prime Minister's Closing the Gap Speech 2018

A question on harm minimisation approaches targeted to marginalised communities